Results: UAE students had a more favorable perception of the instructor s clarity of speech (p = 0), ability to explain the material clearly (p = 0.05), structure of the session (p = 0.02), usefulness of class discussions (p= 0) and overall effectiveness of teaching (p = 0.04). Mann- Whitney U test was used to compare the two groups.
Students rated 16 items on a 7 point Likert-type scale and were invited to have open-ended comments.
Both groups had limited knowledge in trauma. A questionnaire focusing on instructional skills of a single tutor who used the problem-solving interactive approach to teach traumatology was distributed to 4th year medical students of Auckland University, New Zealand (n = 22) and UAE University, Al-Ain (n = 28). Methods: The n-of-1 study design was used. 4 4 Hotel Melia Sitges/Barcelona - Spain - September 13-17, 2003ĥ The Second Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress 5 AN INTERACTIVE APPROACH TO TEACHING TRAUMATOLOGY: COMPARISON BETWEEN AUCKLAND AND AL AIN ABU-ZIDAN FM, ELZUBEIR MA Departments of Surgery and Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University and Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, New Zealand Aim: To determine the effectiveness of the problem-solving interactive approach for teaching traumatology from perspectives of students in two different geographical and cultural settings.