title: Problem based learning.
abstract: PBL, an educational format, stimulates active and life long learning. PBL improves the motivation of students, stimulates integration of disciplines, small group learning; improves clinical reasoning, problem-solving and decision making. It has been introduced increasingly in the curricula of a number of countries in South-East Asia, viz. Thailand, India, Myanmar and Nepal. We feel that the seed of PBL should be sown in the soil of the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum in Bangladesh urgently.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Mymensingh Medical College.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Perveen
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Chowhury
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rouf
mesh_terms: D001459:Bangladesh; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000639:trends; D003479:Curriculum / Q000639:trends; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods*; D014944:World Health Organization