The Case-based Learning Day (CBLD) is a brief, self-contained exercise that is designed to introduce medical students and faculty to one of the methods which promotes active, self-directed learning of pre-clinical medical disciplines. The CBLD program and an evaluation of the program are described. (Author/RH)

Changes are being made in the medical physiology undergraduate curriculum at Leeds to help students take greater responsibility for their own learning. Describes the use of problem-based assignments, workbooks, clinical case studies, and computer-based learning exercises in the physiology course to encourage student-directed learning. (LZ)