1. Development of a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Course at a Health Professions University.
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Broadbelt, Nalini V., Jana, Nevila, Van Dellen, Katrina, Petersen, Kristen, Gardner, Martha, and Young, Michelle A.
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MEDICAL personnel , *PROBLEM-based learning , *INTERDISCIPLINARY education , *GROUP problem solving , *COMMUNICABLE diseases - Abstract
The faculty at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) recognized the potential benefits for collaborative teaching and learning across disciplines. Research and development of an Interprofessional Case Learning Project (ICLP) laid the foundation for the creation and implementation of a problem-based learning course. This course, Interdisciplinary Perspectives of an Infectious Disease—Malaria, introduced innovative interdisciplinary pedagogy into the curriculum of the MCPHS School of Arts & Sciences. Designed by biologists, chemists, historians, and public health faculty, this course introduced senior pre-medicine majors to varied methods and theories as they worked in groups to solve problems related to the incidence, prevention, and treatment of an infectious disease. Students' deliverables included journal-quality research papers and posters presented at the MCPHS School of Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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