Scope of Anatomy Teaching in Problem-based Learning (PBL) Sessions of Integrated Medical Curriculum

Problem based learning (PBL) made a great impact on the methodology of teaching. The major advantage of PBL method of teaching is integration of basic and clinical sciences in an integrated curriculum. This is achieved by presenting clinical problems to students which contain learning objectives fro...

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Autores principales: Potu,Bhagath Kumar, Shwe,Wuna Hla, Jagadeesan,Saravanan, Aung,Thidar, Cheng,Peh Suat
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Publicado: Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2013
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spelling oai:scielo:S0717-950220130003000192013-12-03Scope of Anatomy Teaching in Problem-based Learning (PBL) Sessions of Integrated Medical CurriculumPotu,Bhagath KumarShwe,Wuna HlaJagadeesan,SaravananAung,ThidarCheng,Peh Suat Anatomy Teaching Problem ­based learning Problem based learning (PBL) made a great impact on the methodology of teaching. The major advantage of PBL method of teaching is integration of basic and clinical sciences in an integrated curriculum. This is achieved by presenting clinical problems to students which contain learning objectives from subjects related to the given clinical problems. In recent reports deficiencies have been reported regarding quantity of anatomy content of the clinical problems which has resulted in difficulty in understanding of theanatomy. We have made an attempt to quantify the content of anatomy and its sub-disciplines in PBL curriculum by a case study method using 'documentary analysis' at School of Medicine and Health Sciences, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. From the results of our study it is apparent that learning objectives for anatomy is not sufficiently spread across all the clinical problems and there is very less coverage of the sub-disciplines of anatomy particularly osteology and embryology. The benefits of PBL method of teaching is definitely more than that of traditional method, the uneven distribution of anatomy and its sub-disciplines had a major impact on the students during their clinical years.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.31 n.3 20132013-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022013000300019en10.4067/S0717-95022013000300019
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topic Anatomy
Teaching
Problem ­based learning
spellingShingle Anatomy
Teaching
Problem ­based learning
Potu,Bhagath Kumar
Shwe,Wuna Hla
Jagadeesan,Saravanan
Aung,Thidar
Cheng,Peh Suat
Scope of Anatomy Teaching in Problem-based Learning (PBL) Sessions of Integrated Medical Curriculum
description Problem based learning (PBL) made a great impact on the methodology of teaching. The major advantage of PBL method of teaching is integration of basic and clinical sciences in an integrated curriculum. This is achieved by presenting clinical problems to students which contain learning objectives from subjects related to the given clinical problems. In recent reports deficiencies have been reported regarding quantity of anatomy content of the clinical problems which has resulted in difficulty in understanding of theanatomy. We have made an attempt to quantify the content of anatomy and its sub-disciplines in PBL curriculum by a case study method using 'documentary analysis' at School of Medicine and Health Sciences, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. From the results of our study it is apparent that learning objectives for anatomy is not sufficiently spread across all the clinical problems and there is very less coverage of the sub-disciplines of anatomy particularly osteology and embryology. The benefits of PBL method of teaching is definitely more than that of traditional method, the uneven distribution of anatomy and its sub-disciplines had a major impact on the students during their clinical years.
author Potu,Bhagath Kumar
Shwe,Wuna Hla
Jagadeesan,Saravanan
Aung,Thidar
Cheng,Peh Suat
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Jagadeesan,Saravanan
Aung,Thidar
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title Scope of Anatomy Teaching in Problem-based Learning (PBL) Sessions of Integrated Medical Curriculum
title_short Scope of Anatomy Teaching in Problem-based Learning (PBL) Sessions of Integrated Medical Curriculum
title_full Scope of Anatomy Teaching in Problem-based Learning (PBL) Sessions of Integrated Medical Curriculum
title_fullStr Scope of Anatomy Teaching in Problem-based Learning (PBL) Sessions of Integrated Medical Curriculum
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