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

Lubna A.  Baig; Farah Asad

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

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Lubna A. Baig Department of Community Health Sciences, Karachi Medical and Dental College, North Nazimabad, Karachi, Pakistan

Farah Asad Department of Community Health Sciences, Karachi Medical and Dental College, North Nazimabad, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract

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 that is reflected in the form of inadequacies in health delivery system. There is a dire need of creating relevance between medical education/training and medical practice in order to introduce an effective health care system. This study is particularly aimed at evaluating the effect of problem-based learning (PBL) in a group of students accustomed to conventional teaching and to assess any change in students’ attitudes/learning abilities after repeated PBL interventions. An interventional study. Response of 32 students of forth years MBBS of Karachi Medical and Dental College was recorded against two PBL exercises in September 2002. A significant change in the study trend and analytical ability (p

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Page(s) 378-381

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Published Journal: Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, Volume: 13, Issue: 7, Year: 2003

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