Open AccessProblem‐Based Learning Curriculum in Medical Education at Kaohsiung Medical University
Author(s) -
Lin YuChih,
Huang YuSheng,
Lai ChungSheng,
Yen JengHsien,
Tsai WenChan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the kaohsiung journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.439
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2410-8650
pISSN - 1607-551X
DOI - 10.1016/s1607-551x(09)70072-5
Subject(s) - medicine , tutor , curriculum , problem based learning , medical education , medical school , mathematics education , pedagogy , psychology , mathematics
Problem‐based learning (PBL) was first introduced to Kaohsiung Medical University in 1997 and was incorporated into the reform of the medical curriculum in 2005. An action committee was organized to manage PBL activities at Kaohsiung Medical University. A 2‐year PBL curriculum with 14 blocks was delivered both in the School of Medicine and School of Post‐Baccalaureate Medicine. Each block consists of lectures of basic and clinical science, clinical skills, and three PBL tutorials. Fifty‐three well‐edited PBL cases were created during the past 4 years. Some issues have arisen from the PBL curriculum including lack of tutors, low tutor numbers in tutorials, tutor training, and adequacy of assessment. Therefore, faculty development and a better system of evaluation and assessment are now our major tasks. We hope that our efforts to improve the PBL curriculum will provide students with a better education system.