title: Keeping the curriculum current with research and problem-based learning.
abstract: Active learning is more effective than passive learning and the critical activities are discovery, mastery, and application. Only 10% of a typical dentist's career is spent in dental school, so the educational experience must provide the tools used for lifelong learning. Problem-Based Learning is a model used in several dental schools that is grounded in these assumptions. PBL makes use of small groups, patient cases serving as the vehicle for learning, with student directed outcomes.
authors.affiliation: USC School of Dentistry, 925 W. 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0641, USA. shuler@hsc.usc.edu
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Shuler
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D018865:Dental Research / Q000193:education*; D003813:Dentistry / Q000639:trends; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D018794:Problem-Based Learning