Resource Session Scheduled time during the PIL curriculum when resource faculty meet with students to present, review, clarify or demonstrate important concepts, principles or processes related to a case under discussion. Self-directed A lifelong learning skill which involves an individual identifying a need to learn, resources to use in learning, and assessment of level of understanding of material learned. Small Group Process A composite of interpersonal and intellectual skills required to work as a member of a team to achieve learning goals. This activity is the nucleus of problem-based learning. The case description is reviewed aloud by the group.
Important data is identified and listed.
Having weighed the data and having suggested relationships between pieces of data, students begin to form hypotheses as to the major category of disorder responsible for the patient's signs and symptoms. For each hypothesis listed, a rationale and mechanism is required. Now students identify learning issues which are the areas of learning required to rank and test the hypotheses posed. The ultimate goal of the SG-PBL session is the identification of learning issues. Student-centered System of learning in which what is to be learned and how it is to be learned is determined by students.