A Collaborative Project to Bridging the Gap between Basic and Clinical Teachers: The Opinion of Medical Students

Table 2

Scores given by the students as to their perception of improvement of knowledge with ten topics that were considered in the cases used in tutorials (1 = minimum, 10 = maximum). Values are shown as mean ± SD.

Number	How do you score the improvement in the knowledge of the following topics?	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	Total
1	Anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system	7.15 ± 1.35	7.35 ± 1.64	7.94 ± 1.42	7.46 ± 1.51
2	Anatomy and physiology of the cardio-circulatory system	7.40 ± 1.42	7.69 ± 1.58	8.08 ± 1.13	7.72 ± 1.41
3	Anatomy and physiology of the nervous system	6.27 ± 1.65	6.36 ± 2.12	7.25 ± 1.77	6.60 ± 1.91
4	Anatomy and physiology of the stomach	7.29 ± 1.67	7.88 ± 1.66	7.69 ± 1.53	7.63 ± 1.64
5	Risk factors and their contribution to disease	7.38 ± 1.36	7.50 ± 1.58	7.81 ± 1.79	7.57 ± 1.57
6	Pathophysiology of respiratory failure	7.60 ± 1.44	8.46 ± 1.48	8.10 ± 1.40	8.07 ± 1.37
7	Pathophysiology of cardiac failure	7.48 ± 1.38	8.29 ± 1.43	8.35 ± 1.21	8.05 ± 1.40
8	Pathophysiology of hypertension	7.54 ± 1.38	8.03 ± 1.46	8.21 ± 1.20	7.92 ± 1.38
9	Pathophysiology of epilepsy	6.85 ± 1.71	7.36 ± 1.85	7.88 ± 1.44	7.35 ± 1.73
10	Pathophysiology of peptic ulcers	7.12 ± 1.60	7.96 ± 1.54	7.94 ± 1.45	7.68 ± 1.58