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The History of Developing a Student-Centered, Problem-Based Surgery Clerkship.
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Schwartz, Richard W.; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1991
A description of the development of a new surgery clerkship looks at institutional background (University of Kentucky College of Medicine) for the project, preliminary evaluation and planning efforts, formulation of an ideal for the clerkship, barriers to change, overcoming resistance to change, and comparisons with problem-based learning programs…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Learner Controlled Instruction
Commentary on "Roles of Student-Generated Learning Issues in Problem-Based Learning."
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Cheren, Mark – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1990
In response to HE 528 462, the author suggests the use of student-generated learning issues in problem-based medical education should place more emphasis on mechanisms in the generation of learning issues, the ramifications of various degrees of student input into the identification of issues, and the role of teacher-learner negotiations in the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Learner Controlled Instruction
Problem Solving in the Clinical Interview: A Cognitive Analysis of the Performance of Physicians, Residents, and Students.
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Kaufman, David R.; Patel, Vimla L. – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1991
A study evaluated differences between subjects at three levels of expertise in acquiring and using information obtained from a patient during the clinical interview. Five endocrinologists, five residents, and five students interviewed a volunteer patient and provided differential diagnoses. Differences were found in diagnostic accuracy,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education, Information Utilization
Effects of Examiner Training on Open-Ended, Higher Taxonomic Level Questioning in Oral Certification Examinations.
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Des Marchais, Jacques E.; Jean, Pierre – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1993
A 5-year study investigated the effect of training on question-asking skills of 42 licensing examiners in orthopedic surgery. Results indicate that a three-hour training session resulted in examiners' asking many more open-ended and/or problem-solving questions, suggesting the effectiveness of the training program. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Examiners, Experimenter Characteristics, Higher Education
Roles of Student-Generated Learning Issues in Problem-Based Learning.
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Blumberg, Phyllis; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1990
Interviews with faculty in seven problem-based medical school curricula concerning use of student-generated learning issues found that uses of such issues have evolved in terms of content definition, direct examination planning, student evaluation, and curriculum review. Results also suggest these curricula may encourage development of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Learner Controlled Instruction, Medical Education
A Summer Pre-Entry Program for Minority Students Incorporating Problem-Based Learning.
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Pickell, Garfield C.; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1991
The University of California, Davis, medical school's intensive summer preentry program for disadvantaged minority students, which previews the first year curriculum, has incorporated a problem-based learning component to augment and prolong its effects. Objective measures of course effectiveness are unavailable; however, self-esteem, study…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Students
Attitudes toward Learner-Centered Learning at a Faculty Development Course.
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Gordon, Geoffrey H.; Levinson, Wendy – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1990
A study measured the effects of a medical college faculty development course in medical interviewing on attitudes toward learner-centered learning. Even though the learner-centered approach was not explicitly taught, participants (n=29) developed favorable attitudes approaching those of the facilitators, and the attitudes were sustained six…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Interviews
Student Perceptions of Tutor Effectiveness in a Problem-Based Surgery Clerkship.
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Mayo, Porter; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1993
A study identified the characteristics of effective teachers in a problem-based medical course. Students (n=44) saw significant differences in faculty's skills, methods, and classroom management, rating them highest on classroom participation, enthusiasm, and comfort outside their expertise and lowest on providing feedback and addressing…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education, Medical Education
Planning and Implementing a Problem-Based Learning Rotation for Residents.
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Foley, Richard P.; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1993
In an experimental program, problem-based learning was used as the primary instructional method for a one-month primary-care internal medicine rotation on AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) patient care. Resident, tutor, and faculty perceptions of the problem-based approach were positive. Despite substantial initial planning, little…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Clinical Experience, Communicable Diseases, Curriculum Development