Problem-based learning: an approach toward reforming allied health education.
Problem-based learning (PBL) is presented as a useful way to educate allied health practitioners for the future. The essential characteristics of problem-based learning include: curricular organization around problems rather than disciplines; an integrated curriculum rather than one separated into clinical and theoretical components; and an inherent emphasis on cognitive skills as well as on knowledge. Long-term advocates of PBL stress that it is the only known method for preparing future professionals to be able to adapt to change, learning how to reason critically, enabling a holistic approach to health, and attaining integrated, cumulative learning.
University of Texas, El Paso 79968-0501.
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D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D003071:Cognition; D003479:Curriculum; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008606:Mental Processes; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000193:education; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000193:education; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000193:education; D011340:Problem Solving; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods