PROBLEM BASED LEARNING

Objectives

At the end of this session,

participant will be able to:
1. Discuss the steps in PBL
2. Apply PBL in the scenarios
What Is PBL?
Student-centered;
Faculty facilitated.

Encourages further Involvement+ Experience

thinking; use of =Understanding,
evidence-based ownership and long term
literature and retention
encourages
ongoing learning
within the team
environment
STEPS IN PROBLEM
BASED LEARNING
STEP 1

Identify and clarify

unfamiliar terms
presented in the scenario
STEP 2

Define the problem or

problems to be discussed
STEP 3

Brain storming
STEP 4

Review step 2 &3 and

arrange explanations in
to tentative solutions
STEP 5

Formulate learning
objective
STEP 6

Private study
STEP 7

Group shares results of

private study
2 SESSIONS
SESSION 1
• Clarify unfamiliar Terminologies used in the problems
• Divide the participants in group and select one team leader
• Facilitate each group to identify the problems stated in the
scenario
• Facilitate brain storming to find out the solution for the
problems identified
• Assist the group to formulate learning objectives /outcome
• Assist in delegation of learning tasks
• Facilitate the group to explore the learning objectives
through research (private study/ assignments)
• Each team required to produce summary of their evidence
of learning
SESSION 2

• Facilitate the tutorial team to present

and discuss their findings on learning
objectives
• Feedback session
• Conclusions
SCENARIOS