Abstract

The goal of this study is to examine how to facilitate cross-cultural groups in problem-based learning (PBL) using online digital tools and videos. The PBL consisted of two video-based cases used to trigger student-learning issues about giving bad news to HIV-positive patients. Mixed groups of medical students from Canada and Hong Kong worked with facilitators from each country along with an expert facilitator. The study used AdobeConnect to support the international model through synchronous video interaction and shared applications. This study examines strategies and challenges in facilitating PBL across distance and cultures. Discourse was analyzed using both an inductive and deductive approach where the later used the Community of Inquiry coding scheme. The international context provides a way to facilitate multiple perspectives about how to communicate bad news to patients from different cultural backgrounds. In addition, we present the results of an exploratory analysis of pre and post tests using a standardized patient that demonstrate that the students' pattern of communication showed qualitative change. Several conjectures were developed for future research.

Citation

Lajoie, S.P., Hmelo-Silver, C., Wiseman, J., Chan, L.K., Lu, J., Khurana, C., Cruz-Panesso, I., Poitras, E. & Kazemitabar, M. (2014). Using Online Digital Tools and Video to Support International Problem-Based Learning. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 8(2), 60-75. Retrieved February 26, 2021 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/161138/.

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Keywords

• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
• Asians
• Coding
• communication skills
• communities of practice
• Cross Cultural Training
• cultural awareness
• Cultural Differences
• Discourse Analysis
• focus groups
• Foreign Countries
• information technology
• Intercultural Communication
• medical education
• medical students
• Mixed Methods Research
• North Americans
• Outcomes of Education
• Patients
• Physician Patient Relationship
• Pretests Posttests
• problem based learning
• teaching methods
• Video Technology
• videoconferencing