25         August 2010, Vol. 2, No. 1  AJHPE

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August 2010

1. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Portfolios are a useful way of assessing reflective learning 
and providing student feedback. 

2. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Portfolios provide a cross-sectional view of student learn-
ing and are not useful  in assessing longitudinal learning. 

3. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Procedural competence can be evaluated by video-based 
review of postgraduate trainees. 

4. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Nurses with comprehensive multidisciplinary skills are a 
great need in African countries such as Uganda. 

5. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Intercalated degree programmes for medical students are 
not considered a priority health educational need by Afri-
can medical students.  

6. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Postgraduate courses in laboratory-based disciplines such 
as microbiology do not address the priority health needs 
of Africa. 

7. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Health professions educators demonstrate a preferred 
teaching method based on their temperament. 

8. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Health professions educators’ perceptions of their teaching 
styles match their observed teaching styles. 

9. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Academic faculty who have predominantly ‘abstract 
thinkers’ tend to have a concept-changing student-orien-
tated approach to teaching. 

10. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
In terms of teaching, ‘concrete thinkers’ have a tendency 
to use an information transfer style of teaching. 

11. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
People who observe the world through their senses tend to 
explore concepts and provide students with a ‘big picture’ 
view of the topic being discussed. 

12. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Abstract thinkers talk about ideas and concrete thinkers 
talk about reality. 

13. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Concrete thinkers are slow to adopt innovations and cur-
riculum changes.  

14. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
The concept of the ‘five star´ doctor was developed by 
Charles Boelen. 

15. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Much of South African health sciences education peda-
gogy was based on the Scottish education system  adopted 
in the 19th century. 

16. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Abraham Flexner wrote a report on the state of medical 
education in North America and Europe in 1910. 

17. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Adult learners require real life-based learning experiences 
to facilitate their learning. 

18. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Problem-based learning takes on the character of the envi-
ronment of the people, which facilitates learning of local 
health care needs of communities. 

19. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Medical education research generally focuses on provid-
ing evidence for teaching practice. 

20. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Health sciences education should be theory driven.