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Background: Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) is a student centered approach to learning applied to basic sciences such as chemistry, biology and other biomedical sciences. First year medical students participated in a voluntary POGIL programme that supplemented the organic and physical chemistry course in semester 2.Objectives: Identify student factors that promoted or reduced motivation to participate in programme. Identify perceived benefits and areas of strength and weakness in the POGIL programme and its activities.Methods: Towards the end of the voluntary POGIL programme a 26 item online questionnaire containing Likert-type scale and free text items was administered to the first year class capturing responses from 3 student groups (POGIL participants, students eliminated from POGIL programme and non participants). Results: From a class of 140 first year students, 100 responses to the questionnaire were recorded. Student perceptions of the POGIL programme, its benefits, areas of strength and weakness are presented. The most common benefit associated with the POGIL activities, as identified by students, was ‘increased understanding of learning material’. ‘Lack of perceived benefits’ and ‘time constraints’ were commonly cited by the non participant group as reasons for not participating in the programme. In the participant group students had the highest levels of agreement with items indicating the activities increased deeper understanding of concepts and development of teamwork skills.Conclusions: Student perceptions indicate that POGIL is an effective student centered learning approach which has been successfully applied in a voluntary first year chemistry course in a medical programme. Its application in the subject areas of chemistry that require deeper understanding of basic chemical concepts is appropriate and it is expected to be more effective as an integrated component of the chemistry course as opposed to being a supplementary programme.
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Student perspectives of a new basic sciences teaching approach called POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning).
9th GCC Medical Education Conference November 25th 2013
Lana Mohammed Saleh, Maryam Adam Ali and Declan Gaynor
What is POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning)• Student centered pedagogical technique• Enhances learning through collaboration
Cooperative learning has been showed to promote higher performance than
competitive or individualistic learning
approaches.D. W. Johnson & R. T. Johnson (1999): Making cooperative learning work, Theory Into Practice, 38:2, 67-73
POGIL learning cycle
Concept invention
Application
Exploration
Construct new
knowledge
Develop process
skills
POGIL success
• Reduced attrition rates• Higher mastery of content
• Higher process skills gains – Critical thinking– Teamwork– Self-assessment
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S. A. Hein (2012), Positive Impacts Using POGIL in Organic Chemistry, J Chem Educ, 89, 860-864.
FY POGIL implementation
POGIL Pilot• General
Chemistry • Post-
lecture activities
Evaluation feedback
POGIL programme• Organic
Chemistry• Pre-lecture
activities
Evaluation feedback
Performance improvements
Compulsory70 students / activity
Voluntary25 students / activity
POGIL Pilot evaluation feedback
• The POGIL activity tutorials compared to the small group tutorials in same module
encouraged me to be a more active learner in class
were more effective in improving my communication skills
were more effective in improving my problem solving skills
were more effective in improving my teamwork skills
4
4
5
4
20
14
22
18
22
20
30
13
54
62
43
65
N/ANegativeNeutralPositive
Participation in voluntary POGIL programme
Non-registered64%
Registered but withdrawn
15%
Active partic-ipants21%
n = 141
Where??In RCSI
What is special about it ??
- Prepare you for lectures
- Allow you to work in
groups
- Improve your skills
And Much More !!
Don’t Miss the POGIL Programme for 2013/2014
Breaking
News !!!
When ?? from 8-10 am
We didn’t register in the POGIL programme because...
Time and Duration45%
Lack of perceived benefit
33%
Lack of interest9%
Learning styles13%
Why we didn’t complete the POGIL proramme?
Time and Duration27%
Lack of perceived benefit47%
Strict rules7%
No appropriate help provided
7%
Other reasons13%
Why we did complete the POGIL proramme?
Improve understand-
ing62%
Develop skills17%
Social reasons7%
Assessment performance
14%
What we liked about the programme?
What we didn’t like about the programme?
Recommendations
• Less strict rules
• Questions:
₋ Fewer
₋ More direct relevance to the lectures
₋ Reduce difficulty
• More instructor participation.
Lessons learned by the instructor
• Ensure appropriate workload and duration• Provide live feedback• Provide motivation• Locate appropriate resources
Acknowledgements
• Ms. Aamal Radhi• Dr Seamas Cassidy• 9th GCC Medical Education Conference
Committee
