Team-based learning (TBL) is a teaching approach that has been designed to provide students with both conceptual and applied knowledge. TBL has been widely implemented in healthcare education, yet, very little information about the implementation of TBL in Universiti Teknologi MARA, and this is the first study conducted that uses TBL intervention for Health and Administration program particularly for the medical and health terminology subject. A pre and post study was designed to evaluate student’s perception towards TBL and team work before and after TBL implementation as well as to measure the knowledge of TBL among lecturers in the Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor, Puncak Alam Campus. TBL was conducted in two phases; which begin with an Individual Readiness Test (IRT) followed by the Group Readiness Test (GRT). A total of 33 students participated in this study. The data was collected in July 2018, using 27-items self-administered questionnaire. Perception of TBL was measured by twelve (12) items, while, teamwork was assesed by eight (8) items and facilitator’s knowledge was evaluated by seven (7) items. Results show that students rated positive evaluation towards TBL and teamwork. Also, there was significant difference in mean score of perception before and after implementation of TBL, P<0.05. Meanwhile, the knowledge of TBL among facilitators were fairly considered as good and poor. Implementation of TBL in higher education is especially relevant as it motivates aspect-independent skills such as communication, leadership and problem solving. Hence, this study provides meaningful information to the higher management by taking into account of the student’s experiences in learning to improve teaching strategy in future. Also, it will help in the successful implementation of TBL in various courses and programs in Universiti Teknologi MARA.
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To Cite this Article: Azizam, N. A., Maon, S. N., Dzulkipli, M. R., & Aziz, N. I. S. A. (2019). Perception of Team Based Learning on Medical and Health Terminology Course. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(13), 67–76.
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