title: Using a problem-based learning format to teach CLS students interdisciplinary health care practice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To simulate interdisciplinary collaborative practice using a problem-based format so students can increase their knowledge and understanding of health care disciplines other than their own. The basic premise of this approach is that learners are more likely to master necessary subject matter if it is presented in a manner that is realistic.
  
  
  METHODS
  University of Kentucky Center for Rural Health.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight student participants-three undergraduate clinical laboratory science students, three students in the masters degree nursing program, one family practice resident, and one visiting student from a physician's assistant program.
  
  
  METHODS
  Group discussion, peer review, and student questionaires.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The interdisciplinary, case-study approach to learning offers the clinical laboratory science student an opportunity to work with other health care providers in an informal setting as an introduction to group interaction, interdisciplinary health care, and evaluation of health care access in any community.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Kentucky, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Brickell
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cole
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel / Q000193:education*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012423:Rural Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires