Development and Evaluation of a Laboratory Course in Physics for Medical Students

This case study deals with the development and evaluation of a labwork course in physics for medical students using the model of educational reconstruction. Surveys among experts were used to determine the objectives and contents of the labwork course. By means of empirical studies the development of students’ knowledge was analysed in detail. The case study describes the research methods used in the empirical studies and their results with regard to the objectives derived from the surveys. It gives a short description of the new labwork course and recommendations for the design of learning environments.