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Is there a problem with the problems in problem‐based learning?
Author(s) -
Finucane Paul,
Nair Balakrishnan
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2002.01150.x
Subject(s) - neglect , chronic disease , balance (ability) , problem based learning , medicine , disease , psychology , gerontology , psychiatry , physical therapy , family medicine , medical education , pathology
Objective To determine the balance between acute and chronic medical problems in the PBL cases at 2 Australian medical schools. Methods Analysis of 162 PBL cases. Results Cases concentrate on acute problems in young people and neglect chronic disease in the old. Conclusion This imbalance may contribute to negative attitudes towards elderly patients and people with chronic disease.