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ArticleHealth promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals2022

Effectiveness of case scenario-based teaching to transition international Master of Public Health students specialising in health promotion from memorization to critical thinking.

Hassan Hosseinzadeh, Zubair Ahmed Ratan, Mahmmoud Shnaigat, Joseph Edwards, Iksheta Verma, Marzieh Niknami, Ann Dadich

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Article in Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hassan HosseinzadehSchool of Health and Society, The University of Wollongong (UOW), Wollongong, NSW, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8638-5372
Zubair Ahmed RatanSchool of Health and Society, The University of Wollongong (UOW), Wollongong, NSW, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4820-7540
Mahmmoud ShnaigatSchool of Health and Society, The University of Wollongong (UOW), Wollongong, NSW, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0843-8333
Joseph EdwardsSchool of Health and Society, The University of Wollongong (UOW), Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
Iksheta VermaSchool of Health and Society, The University of Wollongong (UOW), Wollongong, NSW, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4927-0231
Marzieh NiknamiThe Practice-Bundanoon, Bundanoon, NSW, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8095-1751
Ann DadichSchool of Business, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5767-1794
University of Wollongong · AUIndigenous Wellbeing Centre · AUWestern Sydney University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

issue addressedCritical thinking is essential to health promotion to overcome increasingly complex health issues. International students from Middle East and Asia are however disadvantaged when required to demonstrate critical thinking mainly because of their previous training in memorisation. This study addresses this need by evaluating the effect of case scenario-based teaching on transition from memorisation to critical thinking among international students in an Australia university.

methodsThis was a pre and post intervention study and data were collected from a convenience sample of 79 international Master of Public Health students specialising in health promotion in 2019 at the University of Wollongong.

resultsMost of the participants were female (73.4%) and aged 25 years or older (64.6%), predominantly from India (40.5%), Nepal (31.6%) and Saudi Arabia (11.4%). A paired t-test analysis showed that the intervention - case scenario-based teaching - significantly improved the mean post-intervention critical thinking skills (P < 0.001). Case studies improved critical thinking among international students, irrespective of demographic attributes. Multiple regression analyses indicated that critical thinking predicted 78.6 of the total marks, after controlling for demographic attributes. In terms of assessment marks, improved multiple solutions skills yielded better marks for tutorial participations; while improved problem identification skills improved marks for report assessments and exams. Improved communication skills led to better marks for essay assessments.

conclusionsCase studies improved critical thinking and was a reliable predictor of student performance among the participants. SO WHAT?: This study makes a strong case for case scenario-based teaching to improve critical thinking among international students. However, given the limitations of this study, including the small, non-representative sample, further testing is required.

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Students, Public HealthThinkingAustraliaFemaleHealth PromotionHumansMaleStudentscase studycritical thinkinginternational studentmemorizationscenario-based teaching

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PMID35714044
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