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Ten Tips for Promoting Autonomous Learning and Effective Engagement in the Teaching of Statistics to Undergraduate Medical Students Involved in Short-Term Research Projects
Keywords
autonomous learning, effective engagement, online resources, quality of statistical practice, undergraduate medical students
Abstract
This article seeks to present some of the key challenges in facilitating autonomous learning and effective engagement in the teaching of statistics to undergraduate medical students involved in short-term research projects. With a view to addressing these challenges, recommendations for good practice are presented in the form of ten tips for teachers of medical statistics. The ten tips are justified by appeal to the more general educational literature on self-directed learning and engagement. Practical suggestions for the implementation of these tips are provided on the basis of the author’s own experience of teaching statistics to medical students who have embarked on 14-week clinical research projects within the 4th year of their undergraduate curriculum.