How does PBL work?

[EHA DDS]

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I was interested in learning about how Problem Based Learning works in dental school. For us, we have traditional didactic lectures on the basic sciences which are enriched with clinical case presentations.

So in PBL how does it work? You get a case and have to determine the scientific basis of it? Like would they give you a case about PKU so that you can learn about amino acid metabolism in general? As well, how would they teach something basic like Krebs or glycolysis...or is it upto you to fill in the missing parts?

Thanks

 

[aphistis]

IUSD does a lot of PBL, and I know USC uses it even more extensively than we do. Try doing a search and you should find plenty of information.