Table 2. Students' ranking of instructional methods as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th with percentage of students who included each in their top 5 preferred methods
Cohort Ranking Lecture Team-based learning Small case-based learning Large case-based learning Laboratory Simulation Patient Presentation Peer Teaching
MS1 (N=55) 1 19 18 6 0 1 8 3 0
2 5 11 14 1 9 10 3 2
3 12 11 15 2 6 3 3 2
4 10 6 7 6 9 7 6 1
5 6 4 2 4 10 8 10 5
n(%) 52(94.5) 50(90.9) 44(80.0) 13(23.6) 35(63.3) 36(65.5) 25(45.5) 10(18.2)
MS2 (N=65) 1 22 17 8 0 1 10 5 1
2 7 24 7 0 8 6 10 1
3 9 4 12 5 8 12 9 2
4 3 8 11 7 4 14 10 2
5 2 4 10 9 14 5 7 6
n(%) 43(66.2) 57(87.7) 48(73.8) 21(32.3) 35(53.8) 47(72.3) 41(63.1) 12(18.5)
  p <0.01 0.57 0.43 0.29 0.28 0.42 0.05 0.97
Int J Med Educ. 2017; 8:326-333; doi: 10.5116/ijme.59b9.5f40