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Problem‐based learning in distance education: a first exploration in continuing medical education
Author(s) -
ENGEL C. E.,
BROWNE E.,
NYARANGO P.,
AKOR S.,
KHWAJA A.,
KARIM A. A.,
TOWLE A.
Publication year - 1992
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1992.tb00192.x
Subject(s) - tutor , distance education , continuing medical education , medical education , continuing education , problem based learning , medicine , psychology , mathematics education
Summary. The Wellcome Tropical Institute has assisted countries in the tropics to establish viable systems of continuing medical education, particularly for young doctors practising in rural areas. As part of this strategy the Institute has developed material for use in distance learning. The first attempt to apply the problem‐based learning approach to written material for use by an individual learner in the absence of a tutor led to a trial in Ghana, Kenya and Pakistan to compare a conventionally designed module with a problem‐based learning module on the same topic for their respective acceptability, effectiveness and efficiency. The design, implementation and results of these three comparative trials are presented.