title: PBL core skills faculty development workshop 1: An experiential exercise with the PBL process.
abstract: This report describes the first in a series of foundation-building faculty development workshops focused on the instructional methodology of problem-based learning (PBL). The PBL Process workshop reported here introduced the learning theory topics supporting PBL and utilized an extended roleplay method to provide participants with personal experience with the PBL learning cycle. Overall, participants were satisfied with the methods and content of the workshop. A majority of survey respondents indicated that simulating a complete iteration of the PBL process was an effective way to learn about PBL. Participants expressed relatively greater difficulty understanding and performing activities related to qualitative assessment of learning processes. The workshop was developed to align with adult learning principles, and continued refinement of the workshop has enhanced the learning theory components underpinning PBL as well as the experiential aspects. These dual goals have resulted in blending the existing experiential workshop with an online distance-learning component addressing the learning theory topics relevant to PBL pedagogy.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California School of Dentistry, USA. shuler@usc.edu
authors.forename: Kirsten R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Dalrymple
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wuenschell
authors.forename: Alvin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosenblum
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paine
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Crowe
authors.forename: Hsing Chi
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: von Bergmann
authors.forename: Shirley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Marian Said
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bradford
authors.forename: Charles F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Shuler
mesh_terms: D004497:Education, Dental / Q000379:methods*; D020375:Education, Distance; D005179:Faculty, Dental; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012381:Role Playing; D013192:Staff Development; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods