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Middle Years And Elder Years Team-Based Learning Exercise, Brenda J. Roman, Sabrina M. Neeley, Dean Parmelee, Lindsey Allison

Medical Education Faculty Publications

Introduction: This exercise is used in a first-year medical curriculum Human Development course. It was developed in 2012, and has been used twice. This team-based learning (TBL) session utilizes a Readiness Assessment Test (RAT), with questions regarding development during the middle and elder years, and an application exercise consisting of two case vignettes. One case involves two siblings, both in their middle years of life, who struggle with what to do with their ailing father, from whom they had previously had minimal contact with for a number of years. The second case involves physician who receives a diagnosis of cancer. …