Lecturing skills as predictors of tutoring skills in a problem-based medical curriculum

Figures & data

Table 1 Student-rated scores of the faculty members regarding their tutoring and lecturing skills

Tutoring and lecturing skills	Mean±SD
Tutoring skills
Enthusiastic about his role	4.50±0.54
Stimulates students’ interaction	4.46±0.52
Provides effective feedback	4.29±0.59
Facilitates generation and discussion of learning needs	4.41±0.57
Helps students achieve learning objectives	4.44±0.55
Stimulates students’ self-directed learning	4.35±0.53
Communicates clearly	4.55±0.51
Facilitates integration of knowledge	4.45±0.54
Behaves as a role model	4.49±0.56
Overall effectiveness	4.49±0.55
Lecturing skills
Presentation is organized with appropriate content	3.96±0.51
Interactivity and clarity	3.89±0.53
Subject matter mastery	4.01±0.50
Relaxed class atmosphere	3.96±0.43
Effective use of audiovisual aids	3.94±0.49
Time management	3.93±0.48

Note: Data scores are expressed as mean ± SD.

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

Table 2 Stepwise linear regression analysis of the relationship between students’ rated scores of lecturing skills of faculty as predictors for their PBL tutoring skills

Lecturing skills (predictors)	Tutoring skills (outcomes)	Unstandardized coefficients		β	ΔR^2	ANOVA
		b	SE b			F	P-value
Subject matter mastery	Enthusiastic about her/his role	0.49	0.12	0.46	0.21	17.59	0.000
	Helps students to achieve objectives	0.46	0.12	0.42	0.17	13.99	0.004
	Encourages students’ self-directed learning	0.48	0.12	0.46	0.21	17.54	0.000
	Facilitates knowledge integration	0.53	0.11	0.49	0.24	21.53	0.000
	Behaves as a role model	0.58	0.12	0.51	0.26	23.61	0.000
	Overall effectiveness	0.55	0.12	0.50	0.25	22.39	0.000
Relaxed class atmosphere	Provides effective feedback	0.45	0.16	0.33	0.11	8.11	0.006
	Stimulates group interactions	0.55	0.13	0.45	0.20	16.98	0.000
Effective use of audiovisual aids	Communicates clearly with students	0.55	0.11	0.51	0.26	23.51	0.000
	Facilitates discussion of learning needs	0.48	0.14	0.39	0.16	12.33	0.001

Notes: β: A measure of how strongly each predictor variable influences the criterion variable. ΔR²: Indicates the proportion of the variance in the criterion variable which is accounted for by our model.

Abbreviations: ANOVA, analysis of variance; PBL, problem-based learning.