zma000373 Abstract Plass Plass Herbert H Ass. Prof. Dr.

Medical University Vienna, Core Unit Medical Education, Science and International Relations, Spitalgasse 23, A-1090 Vienna, Austria, Phone: +43-1-40160-36902, Fax: +43-1-40160-936900Medical University Vienna, Core Unit Medical Education, Science and International Relations, Vienna, Austria

herbert.plass@meduniwien.ac.at author Wiener Wiener Hubert H Ao. Univ. Prof. Dr.

Medical University Vienna, Core Unit Medical Education, Science and International Relations, Vienna, Austria

hubert.wiener@meduniwien.ac.at author März März Richard R Ao. Univ. Prof. Dr.

Medical University Vienna, Core Unit Medical Education, Science and International Relations, Vienna, Austria

richard.maerz@meduniwien.ac.at author German Medical Science GMS Publishing House

Düsseldorf

610 9. Grazer Konferenz 22.-24.09.2005, Innsbruck 20070111 20070523 engl 1860-3572 24 2 GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung GMS Z Med Ausbild 79 BeitragPurpose: Problem based learning (PBL) is a well-established student-centered learning method in medical education . Creating high quality cases is crucial for successful PBL teaching. To achieve and maintain this high quality, we developed a web-based evaluation tool to record immediate responses and comments from students and facilitators as well as to document the learning objectives of each PBL group.Methods: A user friendly web tool was designed using the script language php and programmed W3C conform to ensure compatibility with all operating systems compliant with this international standard. The form asks for the rating of each student and the facilitator on a 4-point scale. Two text entry fields are supplied for submission of learning objectives and comments. Entry of learning objectives is mandatory. Data collected with this tool are stored in a text file-database, one file for each case, each line representing one group's data. Hence handling even of large numbers of PBL groups is rather comfortable. Concurrently a file with comma-separated values (csv-file) is generated, allowing import of the collected data into a spreadsheet program at any time during and after the course. For a quick estimate of the results a character based display of the evaluation data is given at the bottom of the form.Results and Conclusion: The evaluation data collected during the first semester of the academic year 2004/2005 show that facilitators tend to evaluate the cases somewhat better than students, two PBL cases out of 18 strongly deviate from average scores, one case each evaluated very low and very high, facilitators' response rate was 38% and 16% of facilitators added comments.This web-based evaluation tool offers qualified feedback for the editorial board creating the paper cases and also gives an indication of the facilitators' commitment. Camp G Problem-Based Learning: A paradigm shift or a passing fad? 1996 MEO 2 Camp G. Problem-Based Learning: A paradigm shift or a passing fad? MEO. 1996;1:2. Jacobs I W3C>aboutW3C>goals. 2005 2005. Jacobs I. W3C>aboutW3C>goals. 2005. Zugänglich unter: http://www.w3c.de/about/mission.html. 0 0 0 0