TABLE 1.

Cardiac physiology assessment scores obtained by the traditional teaching and active methodology groups.

Learning assessments	Traditional methodology a (n = 51)	Active methodology a (n = 52)
Diagnostic assessment	6.52 ± 2.60 A	6.36 ± 1.86 A
Test 1 (after only one of the teaching methods)	6.96 ± 2.00 B	8.89 ± 0.99 C
Test 2 (after the two teaching methods)	9.02 ± 2.00 C	8.94 ± 2.06 C

^a Mean ± standard deviation. Different letters indicate significantly different values (two-factor analysis of variance + Tukey’s test, p < 0.05).