--- abstract: |- Purpose: Our teaching experience has shown that dealing with the molecular aspects of the immune response regulation poses several difficulties. Therefore, we developed a panel board to verify whether or not this active-learning exercise could enhance students’ learning and arouse their interest in subjects that are basically theoretical and complex. Methods: Twenty cardboard pieces labeled with the names of major regulators of the immune response and three panel boards with explanations on how major regulators work. Students had to match the cardboard pieces with the corresponding explanation. Results: One hundred forty students participated in this study. The overall response of the students to the game was very positive: 95.71% considered the panel board interesting and 95% said the panel board facilitated the understanding of the subject matter. The students’ grades significantly improved (P<0.0001). Conclusion: The results obtained show the importance of using the panel board when trying to approach a subject that is vast and complex not only for students but also for professors. altloc: - http://www.med-ed-online.org/res00069.htm chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: da Rosa given: Ana Cecília Michel honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: ' Osowsk' given: Luiz Felipe honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Tocchetto given: Andréa Goya honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: ' Niederauer' given: Carlos Eduardo honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Andrade given: Cristiane Maria Benvenuto Andrade honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Scroferneker given: Maria Lúcia Scroferneker honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2003-10 date_type: published datestamp: 2003-10-09 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/31/94 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 3194 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/3194/1/res00069.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: Immune Response; Regulation; Learning; Game lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:21 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 13 pagerange: ~ pubdom: FALSE publication: Medical Education Online publisher: ~ refereed: TRUE referencetext: |2 1. Goldsby RA, Kindt TJ, Osborne BA. Immunology. 4th edition; chapter 11, pp 269-300. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company, 2000. 2. Scroferneker ML, Soria FHC, Shiba AS. An Alternative Teaching Method for the Complement System. Biochemical Education 1995; 23: 67-68. 3. Colombo D, Fritsch A, Ordovás KG, Spode A, Scroferneker ML. Playing with Cellular and Humoral Immunity. Biochemical Education 1998; 26: 20-21. 4. Siqueira AJS, Remião JOR, Azevedo AM. Metabolograms to teach biochemistry. Biochemical Education 1988; 16:20-22. 5. Siqueira AJS, Remião JOR, Azevedo AM. Dynamic metabolic diagrams in biochemistry. Biochemical Education 1992; 20: 97-98. 6. Baldor RA, Field TS, Gurwitz JH. Using the "Question of Scruples" Game to Teach Managed Ethics to Students. Academic Medicine 2001; 76 (5): 510-511. 7. Moy JR, Rodenbaught DW, Collins HL, Dicarlo SE. Who wants to be a physician? An Educational Tool For Reviewing Pulmonary Physiology. Adv Physiol Educ 2000; 24 (1): 30-37. 8. Wraith D, Roitt I. Immunology. St. Louis: Mosby, 2001. 9. Scroferneker ML, Pohlmann PR. Imunologia Básica e Aplicada. Primeira edição, pp.218-237. Porto Alegre: Sagra Luzzatto, 1998. 10. Abbas A, Lichtman AH, Pober JS. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 4th ed. pp. 208-231. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2000. relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 12 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 16:48:59 subjects: - meo-peer succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: An Alternative Teaching Method for the Regulation of the Immune Response type: journale userid: 3283 volume: 8