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Problem-based learning as viewed by medical students in a non-problem based medical curriculum

The Medical Faculty of the International Islamic University Malaysia runs an undergraduate medical programme which implements a combination of traditional and new medical curricular trends. Problem based learning (PBL) is one of the teaching-learning approaches used in the preclinical years. This st...

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Main Authors: Muhammad, Siti Aeshah @ Naznin, Syed Ahmad, Pakeer Oothuman, Abdullah, Nasuruddin, Jantan, Abdul Wahab
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Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2010
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spelling my.iium.irep.121162022-04-07T01:43:22Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/12116/ Problem-based learning as viewed by medical students in a non-problem based medical curriculum Muhammad, Siti Aeshah @ Naznin Syed Ahmad, Pakeer Oothuman Abdullah, Nasuruddin Jantan, Abdul Wahab R Medicine (General) The Medical Faculty of the International Islamic University Malaysia runs an undergraduate medical programme which implements a combination of traditional and new medical curricular trends. Problem based learning (PBL) is one of the teaching-learning approaches used in the preclinical years. This study analyses the effectiveness of PBL from the preclinical and clinical students perspective. Survey questionnaires were distributed to 196 Phase 1- preclinical (Years 1, 2) and 91 Phase 2-clinical (Year 3) students of academic session 2006/2007. The questionnaire consisted of 33 items assessing different aspects of PBL. Results showed that 86.4% of students agreed that PBL sessions achieved its aims of preparing students for the clinical years. Approximately 80% felt that the facilitators fulfilled their roles well. Thirty percent (59) of preclinical students indicated that they do not look forward to the PBL sessions. Only one third (60) of the preclinical students would like to have more PBL sessions. Sixty percent (55) of the clinical students however suggested that more PBL sessions be included in preclinical years as they found the experience beneficial in clinical years. Preclinical students however preferred lecture- based approach to PBL. Areas of concern relating to PBL included difficulty in: generating active discussion; confining oneself to specific tasks; lack of motivation, dominating facilitators, lack of confidence regarding the knowledge of peers and PBL cases constructed not based on real clinical scenarios. Our conclusion is that PBL is an effective study strategy in our non-problem based curriculum. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/12116/1/Med_Educ_Vol.44_%28Supp_1%29_p.6.pdf Muhammad, Siti Aeshah @ Naznin and Syed Ahmad, Pakeer Oothuman and Abdullah, Nasuruddin and Jantan, Abdul Wahab (2010) Problem-based learning as viewed by medical students in a non-problem based medical curriculum. Medical Education, 44 (Supp 1). p. 6. ISSN 1365-2923 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03593.x/abstract 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03593.x
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Muhammad, Siti Aeshah @ Naznin
Syed Ahmad, Pakeer Oothuman
Abdullah, Nasuruddin
Jantan, Abdul Wahab
Problem-based learning as viewed by medical students in a non-problem based medical curriculum
description The Medical Faculty of the International Islamic University Malaysia runs an undergraduate medical programme which implements a combination of traditional and new medical curricular trends. Problem based learning (PBL) is one of the teaching-learning approaches used in the preclinical years. This study analyses the effectiveness of PBL from the preclinical and clinical students perspective. Survey questionnaires were distributed to 196 Phase 1- preclinical (Years 1, 2) and 91 Phase 2-clinical (Year 3) students of academic session 2006/2007. The questionnaire consisted of 33 items assessing different aspects of PBL. Results showed that 86.4% of students agreed that PBL sessions achieved its aims of preparing students for the clinical years. Approximately 80% felt that the facilitators fulfilled their roles well. Thirty percent (59) of preclinical students indicated that they do not look forward to the PBL sessions. Only one third (60) of the preclinical students would like to have more PBL sessions. Sixty percent (55) of the clinical students however suggested that more PBL sessions be included in preclinical years as they found the experience beneficial in clinical years. Preclinical students however preferred lecture- based approach to PBL. Areas of concern relating to PBL included difficulty in: generating active discussion; confining oneself to specific tasks; lack of motivation, dominating facilitators, lack of confidence regarding the knowledge of peers and PBL cases constructed not based on real clinical scenarios. Our conclusion is that PBL is an effective study strategy in our non-problem based curriculum.
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author Muhammad, Siti Aeshah @ Naznin
Syed Ahmad, Pakeer Oothuman
Abdullah, Nasuruddin
Jantan, Abdul Wahab
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Syed Ahmad, Pakeer Oothuman
Abdullah, Nasuruddin
Jantan, Abdul Wahab
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title Problem-based learning as viewed by medical students in a non-problem based medical curriculum
title_short Problem-based learning as viewed by medical students in a non-problem based medical curriculum
title_full Problem-based learning as viewed by medical students in a non-problem based medical curriculum
title_fullStr Problem-based learning as viewed by medical students in a non-problem based medical curriculum
title_full_unstemmed Problem-based learning as viewed by medical students in a non-problem based medical curriculum
title_sort problem-based learning as viewed by medical students in a non-problem based medical curriculum
publisher Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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