Students validate problem based learning
- 9 February 2006
- Vol. 332 (7537) , 365.1-365
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.332.7537.365
Abstract
EDITOR—In 1993 the General Medical Council recommended that medical schools should develop student centred curriculums to discourage memorising detail in favour of information gathering and problem solving.1 In response, most UK schools 2 have adopted a form of problem based learning, which, compared with traditional courses, at best produces graduates with only marginally better diagnostic acumen.3 This has recently raised concerns about the cost effectiveness of introducing new …Keywords
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