Research Article

Evaluation of Problem-Based Learning in College of Medicine: An Indicator of Quality Education in a Hybrid Curriculum

Table 4

Year-wise correlation of PBL outcome.

PBL problemPBL sessionPBL tutorsnrp-ValueRemarks

2013–20144.44 ± .274.53 ± .2170.440.048Positive, moderate in strength, and statistically significant
4.44 ± .274.41 ± .0970.630.002Positive, moderate in strength, and statistically significant
4.53 ± .214.41 ± .0970.380.087Positive, moderate in strength, and statistically not significant

2014–20154.57 ± .254.53 ± .2290.570.002Positive, moderate in strength, and statistically significant
4.57 ± .254.60 ± .1990.69Positive, moderate in strength, and statistically significant
4.53 ± .224.60 ± .1990.520.005Positive, moderate in strength, and statistically significant

2015–20164.67 ± .264.73 ± .22150.87Positive, strong in strength, and statistically significant
4.67 ± .264.70 ± .25150.91Positive, strong in strength, and statistically significant
4.73 ± .224.70 ± .25150.83Positive, strong in strength, and statistically significant

2016–20174.53 ± .254.63 ± .20210.77Positive, strong in strength, and statistically significant
4.53 ± .254.53 ± .22210.54Positive, moderate in strength, and statistically significant
4.63 ± .204.53 ± .22210.43Positive, moderate in strength, and statistically significant

2017–20184.04 ± .414.11 ± .41230.97Positive, strong in strength, and statistically significant
4.04 ± .414.0 ± .47230.83Positive, strong in strength, and statistically significant
4.11 ± .414.0 ± .47230.87Positive, strong in strength, and statistically significant

2018–20194.01 ± .474.10 ± .43210.88Positive, strong in strength, and statistically significant
4.01 ± .474.06 ± .46210.88Positive, strong in strength, and statistically significant
4.10 ± .434.06 ± .46210.87Positive, strong in strength, and statistically significant

Correlation test number of blocks/courses.