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Problem‐Based Learning and the Dental School Library
Author(s) -
Len Áine M.,
Anderson P. F.,
McDonald James L.,
Stookey George K.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2001.65.11.tb03480.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , lifelong learning , medical education , circulation (fluid dynamics) , mathematics education , psychology , pedagogy , medicine , engineering , aerospace engineering
A major curriculum revision involving the utilization of problem‐based learning was implemented at Indiana University School of Dentistry in the summer of 1997. Two of the main goals of this new student‐centered curriculum were to promote critical thinking skills and to encourage a desire for lifelong learning, both of which were anticipated to increase student use of the library. This study examined circulation at the library for three years immediately prior to, and for three years immediately following, the curricular change. Results show that library circulation has increased significantly since the pedagogical change. This suggests that students in the new curriculum place more emphasis on the library as a learning resource than did their traditional curriculum counterparts.