Problem-Based Learning

 

Key Points:

  • Student centered
  • Simulates realistic problems
  • Promotes critical thinking skills
  • Fosters teamwork
  • Increases knowledge retention
  • Encourages self learning
  • Criticisms:
    • Labor and time intensive
    • Group members can take advantage of others' work
    • Information may not be comprehensive

 

Objectives:

  • Integrate problem-based learning into your curriculum, as appropriate

 

Recommended Resources: 

Brief Review

Watch

Problem Based Learning. 5kumarkak. 3 minute overview of classroom process.
https://youtu.be/sNhismExIwU

Problem Based Learning Explained. The Medic Portal. 2 minutes.
https://youtu.be/WBcEkhpxN7w

Duke School of Medicine embraces Team-Based Learning. dukemedalumni. 2 minutes.
https://youtu.be/gW_M426V2E0

♥Problem Based Learning. UW - Department of Family Medicine. 11 minutes.
https://youtu.be/-1TTglZVVDU

Read

Ricanati S. Problem-Based Learning Faculty Training: IQ Team Faculty Training Manual. MedEdPORTAL Publications; 2014. This publication contains a detailed guide that shows how to incorporate PBL into the pre-clinical years of medical school. 
https://www.mededportal.org/publication/9760

Lalwani K. How to Create and Moderate a Great Problem Based Learning Discussion (PBLD). MedEdPORTAL Publications; 2013.
https://www.mededportal.org/publication/9371

Wood DF. Problem based learning. BMJ. 2003 Feb 8;326(7384):328-30. Review. PubMed PMID: 12574050
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1125189/

Onyon C. Problem-based learning: a review of the educational and psychological theory. Clin Teach. 2012 Feb;9(1):22-6. Review. PubMed PMID: 22225888.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1743-498X.2011.00501.x/epdf

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Li L, Brieger K, Markovitz A, Flygt L, Connors B, Anderson J, Weir S, Santen S, Wozniak L. Facilitating Facilitation: How to Promote Active Learning. MedEdPORTAL Publications; 2014. This resource is a 90-120 minute session designed to introduce learners to the concept of active learning and effective facilitation techniques and skills.
https://www.mededportal.org/publication/9782

 

In-Depth Review

Watch

Scenario-based Learning in Medicine. Professor Terry Poulton, Associate Dean for e-Learning at St George's, University of London. 29 minutes.
https://youtu.be/10rn-pEfzKk

Problem-based Learning. Jay Portnoy, MD. 1 hr 19 min.
https://youtu.be/lp0t0Ymn_hE

Read

Problem-Based Learning: An Approach to Medical Education by Howard S. Barrows MD and Robyn M. Tamblyn BScN. 2003.
http://apps.fischlerschool.nova.edu/toolbox/instructionalproducts/edd8124/fall11/1980-BarrowsTamblyn-PBL.pdf

The Problem-Based Learning Workbook: Medicine and Surgery edited by Tim French and Terry Wardle. 2007. $36.10
http://www.amazon.com/The-Problem-Based-Learning-Workbook-Scenarios/dp/185775736X

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Essentials of Problem-Based Learning: Facilitator Development, Problem Construction, Curriculum Design, and Student Assessment. The Academy for Scholarship in Education, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Annual CME course Springfield, Illinois. Fee required $
http://www.siumed.edu/academy/workshops.html