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Wood, Alistair; Head, Michael – English for Specific Purposes, 2004
This article describes a case study of an approach to medical education known as problem-based learning, or PBL, which has been applied to the teaching of a course in biomedical English. It is suggested that the course fulfills the traditional requirements of an EAP course in tertiary education, but also satisfies the requirements of PBL in being…
Descriptors: Medical Education, English for Academic Purposes, Problem Based Learning, Case Studies