How do we do the PBL training in medical school?

1. How Do We Do IT
Dr. Yasir Elhassan
Semester 1Lead & LC Course Coordinator
New Taibah MBBS Program
(Modified Manchester Curriculum)
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‫الشـذى‬ ‫مانفــح‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫عـليك‬ ‫صـلـى‬‫طـيبه‬ ‫مـن‬ ‫وتنفســت‬ُ‫الرئـتان‬

2. PBL Case
7 Lectures
= 10-15%
of the ILOs
Seminar
Anatomy
practical
Histology
practical
ECE
Sessions + site
visits
(hospital+PHCC)
Microbiology
Practical
EBM Lectures
& Practical
Case opening
Session(Sunday)
Case closing
Session (Thursday)
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4. Anatomy of a tutorial group
 A tutor
8-10 students/group
A group chairperson
 A scribe
Rotating the roles / case
Regrouping the students/sem.
Tutor

5. The PBL process
Read case and
define terms
Identify the key
problems/issues
Brainstorm possible
explanations
Build a learning
agenda
Arrange into tentative
conclusions
Independent
study
Further discussion and
closing of case
1 2
3
4
5
6
7

6. Learning Agenda
• learning agenda is a series of written
objectives (questions) that are developed by
the group in order to understand the contents
of the PBL case.
• It will be used to guide the learning for the
week.

7. Learning Agenda
poorly written or
incomplete learning
agendas.

8. Self Directed Learning( SDL)
SDL = A willingness and ability
to take charge of one’s own
learning
• Workplace learning
• Personal learning goals
(learning agenda)
• Combination of different
methods

9. What are INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES?
• These are the topics or areas that the course
designers want it to be learned =
the CURRICULUM!
• Each PBL case is carefully written
around a series of ILOs.
• By working through the case systematically
using the 7 steps the group will produce a
learning agenda that will cover the ILOs

10. Role of the tutor
Facilitator+ Guide + Evaluator
• Role model
• No delivery of knowledge
• Facilitator
• Promoting discussion
• Asking directive questions
• Helps group dynamics

11. Interrupting students.
Over-participating/directing.
Telling too many stories.
Promoting competition rather than
cooperation.
Students criticize the following tutor
behaviors:

12. Act as a PBL tutor
Act as an ECE tutor
Act as a PPD tutor
 Academic supervisor
PEP supervisor
Assessor
Deliver the lectures.
Attend the seminar.
Role Of the Staff

13.  Not exceed 50 minutes.
 Be Prepared according to the lecture card written
before.
 Has the ILOs in the first slide
 Has references in the last slide
 Matches with that of the females side
 Be given to the coordinator one night before
to post it in the Platform
Each lecture should:
Please do not give the student any materials directly, no handouts
, unless it is a chapter of a book or a scientific paper which should
be given directly to the coordinator to post it as an additional
resources ( we need the PBL to work as PBL)