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Teaching Activities
How do you decide what percentage of time to spend on lecture vs. lab vs. other ways of teaching?

The Learning Pyramid charts the average retention rate for various methods of teaching. These retention percentages represent the results of research conducted by National Training Laboratories in Bethel, Maine. According to the chart, lecture, the top of the pyramid, achieves an average retention rate of 5%. On the opposite end of the scale, the "teach others/immediate use" method achieves an average retention rate of 90%." (http://www.acu.edu/cte/activelearning/whyuseal2.htm).
 
Institution Lecture Small group conference Laboratory Other
Des Moines University
Edward P. Finnerty
96%   4%  
Drexel University College of Medicine
Thad E. Wilson
82%
PBL:45%
18%
PBL:55%
   
East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine
Robert G. Carroll
60% 15% 5% 20% (independent study)
Florida State University
J. Michael Overton
74% 25%   1% (simulation lab)
Indiana University School of Medicine
Steve Kempson
80% 20%    
Indiana University School of Medicine at Lafayette
Arthur D. Rosen
95%   5%  
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
William Guggino
70% 10%   20% (computer labs)
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Richard D. McCabe
80% 10%   10% (recitation: includes cases and difficult issues)
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
Michael G. Levitzky
90%   10%  
Medical College of Wisconsin
Jean Francois Liard and Gerald B. Spurr
73% *Because of the way we teach the laboratories, they can also be considered as small group teaching. A faculty member or senior graduate student guides a group of 4 students through the laboratory exercise while leading a detailed discussion of the topic under consideration. 27%*  
Morehouse School of Medicine
Adel Elmoselhi
90%   2% 5% (active learning exercises)
New York Medical College
Norman Levine
65% 20% 15%  
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Thomas A. Pressley
60% 30%   10% (clinical integrative formats)
Tulane University Medical School
Norman Kreisman
80% 20%    
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Kurtis G. Cornish
76% 9% 12% 2% (demo labs)
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
L. Britt Wilson
84% 2% 4% 10% (self-study)
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Harvey Kaslow
100%      
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Norman W. Weisbrodt
78%     22% (team learning,
large-group problem solving, interactive correlates)
University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
Howard C. Kutchai
95%     5% (large group discussion or Q&A)
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (Medical College of Virginia)
Linda Costanzo
85%   5% 10% (team-based problem solving)
Virginia Tech Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Chris Reilly
90% 10%   10% (team-based problem solving)

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