title: Is there a problem with the problems in problem-based learning?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the balance between acute and chronic medical problems in the PBL cases at 2 Australian medical schools.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analysis of 162 PBL cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cases concentrate on acute problems in young people and neglect chronic disease in the old.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This imbalance may contribute to negative attitudes towards elderly patients and people with chronic disease.
authors.affiliation: Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Finucane
authors.forename: Balakrishnan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nair
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009517:New South Wales; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome