Problem-Based Learning

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Perceptions of how well graduates are prepared for the role of pre-registration house officer: a comparison of outcomes from a traditional and an integrated PBL curriculum.

INTRODUCTION: Most medical schools in the UK have been engaged in major curriculum reform based on their premises of what might improve undergraduate medical education. In 1994 the course at the medical school of the University of Manchester changed to ...
Alison Jones, Patricia J McArdle, Paul A ONeill (Med Educ, 200201)
perceptions-well-graduates-prepared-role-pre-registration-house.asp

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Experiential learning in an anaesthesia simulation centre: analysis of students comments.

The anesthesia computer-controlled patient simulator offers a valuable experiential learning experience for undergraduate medical students. The purpose of this study was to gather students opinions of the simulator learning experiences and to study and ...
Doreen Cleave-Hogg, Pamela J Morgan (Med Teach, 200201)
experiential-learning-anaesthesia-simulation-centre-analysis-students.asp

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Can a postgraduate course for general practitioners deliver perceived benefit for learners, patients and the NHS?: a qualitative study.

The focus of continuing professional development in general practice is shifting towards professional development and away from following personal areas of interest. Previous work has suggested that much CPD has not had an obvious impact in the three ...
J Illing, G B Taylor, C OHalloran (Med Teach, 200201)
postgraduate-course-general-practitioners-deliver-perceived-benefit.asp

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An examination of the theoretical perspectives underlying the ALSG Generic Instructors Course.

The objective of this paper is to examine some theory that appears to make a contribution to the Generic Instructors Courses (GICs) offered by the Advanced Life Support Group and the Resuscitation Council, UK. Accordingly, it is not an empirical study: ...
Mike Davis, Patricia Conaghan (Med Teach, 200201)
examination-theoretical-perspectives-underlying-alsg-generic.asp

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Design of a problem-based curriculum: a general approach and a case study in the domain of public health.

A general approach to curriculum design in the context of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is outlined. Ten general steps for problem-based curriculum development are proposed, using the case study methodology to describe the underlying iterative process. ...
Reinout W Wiers, Margaretha W J Van De Wiel, Henrique L C Sá, Silvia Mamede, José Batista Tomaz, Henk G Schmidt (Med Teach, 200201)
design-problem-based-curriculum-general-approach-case-study-domain.asp

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Introducing problem-based learning to special needs dentistry--a case study.

INTRODUCTION: In order to promote training and education in special-needs dentistry an attempt was made to introduce problem-based learning (PBL) as a method of postgraduate dental education. The aim of this paper was to review the principles of PBL and ...
Raman Bedi, Jackie A Champion, Roger Davies (Prim Dent Care, 200201)
introducing-problem-based-learning-special-needs-dentistry-case-study.asp

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A comparison of problem-based and conventional curricula in nursing education.

The purpose of this study was to compare graduating baccalaureate students in a problem-based curriculum with those in a conventional nursing program with regard to perceived preparation for clinical practice, clinical functioning, knowledge and ...
Elizabeth Rideout, Valerie England-Oxford, Barbara Brown, Frances Fothergill-Bourbonnais, Carolyn Ingram, Gerry Benson, Margaret Ross, Angela Coates (Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract, 2002)
comparison-problem-based-conventional-curricula-nursing-education.asp

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Accuracy of student self-assessment ability compared to their own performance in a problem-based learning medical program: a correlation study.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of self-assessment ability of students enrolled in a Problem-based Learning program. METHODS: Seventy students enrolled in their third year of a four-year program were invited to ...
M Tousignant, J E DesMarchais (Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract, 2002)
accuracy-student-self-assessment-ability-compared-own-performance.asp

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Correlation of problem-based learning facilitators scores with student performance on written exams.

Problem-based learning (PBL) is widely used in medical education. In some cases, facilitators assign a grade to reflect a students performance in small-group sessions. In our PBL track, facilitators were asked to assess student knowledge base independent ...
Carol F Whitfield, Sharon X Xie (Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract, 2002)
correlation-problem-based-learning-facilitators-scores-student.asp

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Planning the teaching of community health (COPC) in an MPH program.

The Community Medicine approach, focussed on an active assessment of health status with a subsequent provision of health care directed to the community as a whole, is recommended today as a means for addressing the fragmentation of health services. In ...
Jaime Gofin (Public Health Rev, 2002)
planning-teaching-community-health-copc-mph-program.asp