introduction: in traditional medical education systems much interest is placed on the cramming of basic and clinical facts without considering their applicability in the future professional career. the aim of this study is to evaluate a novice medical training method (problem-based learning) as compared to the contemporary teacher-based medical education or traditional methods. methods: selecti...

to present a multiple-instructor, active-learning strategy in the undergraduate medical curriculum. this educational research is a descriptive one. shared teaching sessions, were designed for undergraduate medical students in six organ-system based courses. sessions that involved in-class discussions of integrated clinical cases were designed implemented and moderated by at least 3 faculties (c...

background: problem-based learning (pbl) is one of the most commonly used educational methods in medical schools of different countries. by working through this method, students think critically, generate ideas, and acquire the knowledge and skills required to become a doctor. objectives: this study aimed to compare problem-based learning with lecture-based learning in the education of medical ...

background and purpose: problem based medical education had been useful in education of medical sciences students. the objective is the determination of effects of problem based medical education on occupational health students' learning. methods: this study was a semi-experimental study. by using the curriculum of ministry of health, occupational toxicology course had been taught based on a pr...

background and purpose: two important clinical education methods are problem-based and student-centered. however, education of “clinical decision-making skills” and “application of clinical knowledge” is important. usually training these cases is done in small groups . in this study, new method of scientific textbooks with four factors mentioned above has been implemented in large education gro...

introduction: despite the importance of curriculum analysis for internal refinement of a programme, the approach for such a step in under-described in the literature. this article describes the analysis of the medical curriculum at the faculty of medicine, university of gezira (fmug). this analysis is crucial in the era of innovative medical education since introducing new curricula and curricu...