title: Playing house.
abstract: Small group, problem-based learning sessions began at The University of Texas Medical Branch in the late 1990s when administrators overhauled the school's curriculum. The new curriculum was intended to shift medical education away from passive learning and toward active learning. The results have been dramatic. Students' mean scores on Step 1 of the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam had been lagging behind the national mean but are now substantially higher than the mean.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ortolon
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013337:Students, Medical; D013781:Texas