30
Participants
Start Date
April 30, 2012
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2012
Study Completion Date
February 12, 2013
Case vignette-based teaching of cell recognition
Intervention group members will be taught peripheral blood smears by using power point slides and utilizing additive microskills using the compare/ contrast technique to recognize various cell types. Memory will be reinforced by using cases to help recognize the clinical importance of learning about individual cell types.
Compare-contrast basic science teaching of cell recognition
The control group will be given a traditional 60-minute lecture using board review questions with accompanying pictures of peripheral blood smears, without explaining individual cell type.
Reading Health System, West Reading
The Reading Hospital and Medical Center
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