Problem-Based Learning

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Introducing a problem-based unit into a lifespan nutrition class using a randomized design produces equivocal outcomes.

Problem-based learning (PBL) is a tutorial, student-centered, problem-driven educational strategy adopted by medical and allied health educators to positively influence self-directed learning, critical thinking, and learning behavior. PBL was examined in ...
Barbara Lohse, Susan Nitzke, Denise M Ney (J Am Diet Assoc, 200308)
introducing-problem-based-unit-lifespan-nutrition-class-randomized.asp

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Measuring inter-rater reliability of the sequenced performance inventory and reflective assessment of learning (SPIRAL).

PURPOSE: To measure the inter-rater reliability of the Sequenced Performance Inventory and Reflective Assessment of Learning (SPIRAL), a twenty-three item scoring rubric designed to assess first and second-year students competencies such as "acquisition ...
Linda Olson, A Dean Schieve, Kenneth G Ruit, Richard C Vari (Acad Med, 200308)
measuring-inter-rater-reliability-sequenced-performance-inventory.asp

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Implementing a problem-based learning curriculum in an Argentinean medical school: implications for developing countries.

The authors review the difficulties that Argentinas medical schools, particularly the public ones, are likely to face when implementing a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum, describe the barriers that were faced by their medical school as it ...
Larisa Ivón Carrera, Tomás Eduardo Tellez, Alberto Enrique DOttavio (Acad Med, 200308)
implementing-problem-based-learning-curriculum-argentinean-medical.asp

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Telemedicine in educational settings.

The use of telemedicine to enhance patient care is well documented in the literature (Currell et al 2001); however, its use in educational settings requires further exploration. Technological advances in electronic communication have been the catalyst ...
Heather Newton (Nurs Stand, 20030716-22)
telemedicine-educational-settings.asp

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Self-directed, integrated clinical learning through a sign-up system.

AIM: To help students in a self-directed, problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum learn from a breadth of hospital experience. METHODS: Clinical units were asked to identify what clinical activities they could make available to interested students on a ...
Mark Foster, Tim Dornan (Med Educ, 200307)
self-directed-integrated-clinical-learning-sign-up-system.asp

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Can undergraduate education have an effect on the ways in which pre-registration house officers conceptualise communication?

AIMS: In 1994 Manchester Medical School introduced a learner-centred course using problem-based learning (PBL), which emphasises effective communication skills. This study explored how 2 cohorts of graduates conceptualised communication within their role ...
S C Willis, A Jones, P A ONeill (Med Educ, 200307)
undergraduate-education-effect-ways-pre-registration-house-officers.asp

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Introducing problem-based learning in a medical school with traditional/conventional curriculum.

BACKGROUND: Globally, over the last two decades, medical education and its learning strategies are being made more prone to problem-solving in order to produce better clinicians. The medical curriculum has not changed in Pakistan since its inception and ...
Lubna A Baig, Farah Asad (J Coll Physicians Surg Pak, 200307)
introducing-problem-based-learning-medical-school-traditional.asp

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A framework for teaching medical students and residents about practice-based learning and improvement, synthesized from a literature review.

PURPOSE: To create a framework for teaching the knowledge and skills of practice-based learning and improvement to medical students and residents based on proven, effective strategies. METHOD: The authors conducted a Medline search of English-language ...
Greg Ogrinc, Linda A Headrick, Sunita Mutha, Mary T Coleman, Joseph ODonnell, Paul V Miles (Acad Med, 200307)
framework-teaching-medical-students-residents-practice-based-learning.asp

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A web-based presentation of an undergraduate clinical skills curriculum.

AIMS: The aim of this study was to use information and communications technology to present a curriculum of clinical skills in a user-friendly format. SETTING: A UK undergraduate medical school with a problem-based curriculum and a strong emphasis on ...
Tim Dornan, Neil Maredia, Liam Hosie, Catherine Lee, Adam Stopford (Med Educ, 200306)
web-based-presentation-undergraduate-clinical-skills-curriculum.asp

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Using active learning strategies to present bloodborne pathogen programs.

Every year, school nurses have the responsibility for developing and presenting a bloodborne pathogen presentation to the education and clerical staff of their buildings. Although the information is similar from year to year, the manner in which the ...
Mary G Weaver (J Sch Nurs, 200306)
active-learning-strategies-present-bloodborne-pathogen-programs.asp