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Case Reports of Low Dose Cyclosporine A Therapy in Adult Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome
There have been many reports on the use of conventional doses of cyclosporine A (CsA) in inducing remission among adults with minimal change nephrotic...
Problem-based Learning (PBL) as an Approach in the Teaching of Biochemistry of the Endocrine...
The Angeles University College of Medicine (AUCOM) was established in 1983 with a curriculum that is conventionally teacher-centred. Biochemistry is a basic science subject...
Students’ Perception of Problem-based Learning in the Medical Curriculum of the Faculty of Medicine,...
The Colombo Medical Faculty introduced a new curriculum with many innovative features in 1995. Problem-based learning (PBL) is used as an instructional method within...
Encouraging Learning How to Fish: An Uphill but Worthwhile Battle
The objective of any curriculum, planned and implemented for a given course, is to achieve certain learning outcomes deemed required for a certain profession....
Introduction of Problem-based Learning in a Traditional Medical Curriculum in Singapore—Students’ and Tutors’ Perspectives
The National University of Singapore was started in 1905. Since then, it has trained many generations of medical practitioners.
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Assessment in Problem-based Learning: The Role of the Tutor
The tutor plays a key role in fostering the collaborative and self-directed learning that is central to problem-based learning (PBL). It is reasonable, therefore,...
Quality Assurance of Problem-based Learning (PBL): The Hong Kong Experience
The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) was established in 1887 and its curriculum has been run in a traditional...
Problem-based Learning in Medical Education: The Singapore Hybrid
In 1969, the McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences established a new medical school with a major difference from “traditional” medical schools in its...
Clinical Reasoning Learning Sessions
Many medical schools worldwide have made the shift toward problem-based learning (PBL) medical education. Some of them employ these new techniques in only part...
Assessment in Problem-based Learning (PBL)
Assessment of clinical competence has always received considerable attention in medical education. Teachers and students frequently challenge the value of assessment and are always...