<key>Comparison of Learning Achievement Levels in a Problem-Based Learning Tutorial Self and Group Learning</key>

Abstract

In this study physical therapy students were given a problem-based learning (PBL) tutorial, and the achievement levels of self-learning and group learning were investigated and compared. [Subjects and Method] In 2007, with 120 1st ~ 3rd year physical therapy students as subjects, we surveyed the achievement levels of selflearning and group learning with a 15-item questionnaire immediately after conducting a PBL tutorial. [Results] Although there were differences between the achievement levels of self-learning and group learning in all the academic years, the results for the same items were similar. In particular, in the choice of study items and concept of problem, the study plan and its execution showed a comparatively low tendency. In the overall analysis of all the academic years, the self-learning achievement level was low compared to the group learning achievement level, and the difference between them was significant. [Conclusion] In a PBL tutorial, study envisaging clinical practice is possible, but for students to effectively learn clinical reasoning, the necessity of group learning was reconfirmed.