• Ann Med Surg (Lond) · Dec 2016

    Problem-based learning in medical school: A student's perspective.

    • Bliss J Chang.
    • Harvard Medical School, 107 Avenue Louis Pasteur Mailbox 048, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
    • Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2016 Dec 1; 12: 88-89.

    AbstractProblem-based learning (PBL) has been a concept in existence for decades yet its implementation in medical student education is limited. Considering the nature of a physician's work, PBL is a logical step towards developing students' abilities to synthesize and integrate foundational concepts into clinical medicine. Harvard's recently redesigned Pathways curriculum has shifted almost exclusively towards PBL in its one-year preclinical curriculum. This piece provides my thoughts, both derived from my own reflections as well as conversations and observations of my peers, on the effectiveness, advantages, and disadvantages of a PBL curriculum. All in all, the feelings of my peers and I regarding PBL has been overwhelmingly positive despite potential areas of improvement and continued fine-tuning.

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