title: [Problem-based learning, a comparison in the acquisition of transversal competencies].
abstract: In the European Higher Education Area (EEES in Spanish reference), a change in the pedagogical model has occurred: from teaching centered on the figure of the professor to learning centered on students, from an integral perspective. This learning must bring together the full set of competencies included in the program requirements necessary to obtain a degree. The specific competencies characterize a profession and distinguish one from others. The transversal competencies surpass the limits of one particular discipline to be potentially developed in all; these are subdivided in three types: instrumental, interpersonal and systemic. The authors describe and compare the acquisition of transversal competencies connected to students' portfolios and Problem-based Learning as pedagogical methods from the perspective of second year nursing students at the European University in Madrid during the 2007-8 academic year To do so, the authors carried out a transversal descriptive study; data was collected by a purpose-made questionnaire the authors developed which they based on the transversal competencies of the Tuning Nursing Project. Variables included age, sex, pedagogical method, perception on acquisition of those 24 competencies by means of a Likert Scale. U de Mann-Whitney descriptive and analytical statistics. The authors conclude that the portfolio and Problem-based Learning are useful pedagogical methods for acquiring transversal competencies; these results coincide with those of other studies. Comparing both methods, the authors share the opinion that the Problem-based Learning method could stimulate the search for information better than the portfolio method.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Europea de Madrid. juanluis.gonzalez2@uem.es
authors.forename: Juan Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: González Pascual
authors.forename: Inmaculada
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: López Martin
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Toledo Gómez
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D018794:Problem-Based Learning