title: The way we teach otolaryngology in an integrated problem-based curriculum.
abstract: The University Science Malaysia, Penang, the third medical school in Malaysia, is following an integrated curriculum. In this curriculum, the students are taught the subject of otolaryngology from the second year of their course unlike the traditional schools where they are taught in the fourth or fifth year. This paper describes how otolaryngology is introduced in this integrated, problem-based curriculum.
authors.affiliation: School of Medical Sciences, University of Science Malaysia, Penang.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elango
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Arumainayagam
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Palaniappan
mesh_terms: D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000193:education; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000193:education*; D011340:Problem Solving; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000639:trends