Educational strategies
| Type of learning tool | Factors favouring | Factors opposing | Example |
| Lecture-based information delivery | Learners have lower level basic understanding and limited time. | Learners are more interested in active learning. | Review of biochemical pathways. |
| Hands-on skill delivery | Learners will apply the skill in real life and benefit directly from practice. | Lack of adequate equipment/space, not a hands-on topic. | Handling a colonoscope before going to the endoscopy suite. |
| Flipped classroom approach | Learners can acquire knowledge via video or articles, then deepen understanding through discussion. | Requires pre-work, which need time built-in. | Reading an article about the management of gestational hypertension, then discussing it in the setting of a patient with gestational hypertension on the labour and delivery floor. |
| Case-based lectures | More active learning, favours shared learning. | Not assessing knowledge. | Review of clinical cases seen on a clerkship, presented for discussion. |