If you're an aspiring rehab therapist in China, you may want to steer clear of the classroom for a while.
A study published in the journal BMC Medical Education found that students who took a more hands-on approach to teaching fared better than those who stuck with the traditional didactic model, the Los Angeles Times reports.
The study's lead author, a professor at the People's University of China's School of Health, says he came up with the "person environment occupation" teaching model as a way to give students a more hands-on learning experience, the Times notes.
In the study, 112 students who completed the first four teaching modules of the PEO teaching model were sent anonymous questionnaires.
They were then asked to rate the "teaching content is highly professional and valuable; the course is extensively expounded; clinical reasoning is strengthened; problem-solving ability is developed; communication skills are improved; and teamwork skills are developed," according to the study.
They rated the PEO teaching model "significantly higher" than the didactic teaching approach, the Times notes.
The lead author tells the Times that the study shows that "the more hands-on you are, the better your teaching will be."
He says students who took the more hands-on approach tended
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