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What is the composition of snake venom?  Snake venom is a cocktail of several different proteins and enzymes  Protein constitute 90% of dry weight of venoms o Proteins include Lethal Polypeptides and Hydrolytic enzymes (Proteases, Nucleases, Peptidases, Lipases, etc) that can either enhance and/or contribute to the toxic effect of the venom o Enzymes cause both local and systemic destruction ...

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A comparison of course-related stressors in undergraduate problem-based learning (PBL) versus non-PBL medical programmes

BACKGROUND Medical students report high levels of stress related to their medical training as well as to other personal and financial factors. The aim of this study is to investigate whether there are differences in course-related stressors reported by medical students on undergraduate problem-based learning (PBL) and non-PBL programmes in the UK. METHOD A cross-sectional study of second-year...

Graduates' perceived preparedness for dental practice from PBL and traditional curricula.

The objective of this study was to compare dental graduates' perceived preparedness for practice after being educated in a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum with those who graduated from a traditional undergraduate curriculum, both at the University of Hong Kong. A cohort of graduates from the traditional dental curriculum (1997-2001) and a cohort of graduates from the PBL curriculum (200...

PBL core skills faculty development workshop 1: An experiential exercise with the PBL process.

This report describes the first in a series of foundation-building faculty development workshops focused on the instructional methodology of problem-based learning (PBL). The PBL Process workshop reported here introduced the learning theory topics supporting PBL and utilized an extended roleplay method to provide participants with personal experience with the PBL learning cycle. Overall, partic...