Is there a problem with the problems in problem-based learning?
- 5 March 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Medical Education
- Vol. 36 (3) , 279-281
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2923.2002.01150.x
Abstract
To determine the balance between acute and chronic medical problems in the PBL cases at 2 Australian medical schools. Analysis of 162 PBL cases. Cases concentrate on acute problems in young people and neglect chronic disease in the old. This imbalance may contribute to negative attitudes towards elderly patients and people with chronic disease.Keywords
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