Academic Half-Days: Facilitated Small Groups to Promote Interactive Learning.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Medical educators have expressed interest in using less didactic and more interactive formats for academic half-days (AHDs) in postgraduate residency training. We assessed the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing a practice-based small-group learning (PBSGL) process as one part of AHDs. METHODS: A mixed-methods approach was used. Over a two-year period, family medicine residents at the University of Calgary …