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Student Performances on Step 1 and Step 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination Following Implementation of a Problem-Based Learning Curriculum.
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Blake, Robert L.; Hosokawa, Michael C.; Riley, Shari L. – Academic Medicine, 2000
Performances on Steps 1 and 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) were compared for classes that had completed a new problem-based learning curriculum and for previous, traditionally instructed classes at the University of Missouri Columbia School of Medicine. Students in the problem-based learning curriculum outperformed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Innovation
Long-Term Outcomes of Innovative Curricular Tracks Used in Four Countries.
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Suwanwela, Charas; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1993
Innovative medical school programs discussed include a problem-based, village-centered rural program in the Philippines, a problem-oriented rural program of community medicine in Thailand, a problem-based curriculum in China, and four restructured medical curricula in the United States. Focus is on the results of the changes. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Education, Curriculum Design, Educational Innovation
A Study of Non-Volunteer Faculty in a Problem-based Curriculum.
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Maxwell, Joseph A.; Wilkerson, Luann – Academic Medicine, 1990
A curriculum involving reduced lecture time, small-group tutorials, a commitment to problem-based learning (PBL), and a strong reliance on self-directed study, was implemented at Harvard Medical School in 1985. This study focuses on the attitudes of 14 faculty tutors who had never tutored in a PBL curriculum. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Independent Study