These sessions will be led principally by the students, and will consist of one of the PBL case studies and associated materials, with discussion. The cases provide opportunities for student learning in a wide range of areas. The students are not only responsible for their own education, but are expected to interact in the education of their fellow students as part of this program. Students are encouraged to use a variety of literature, community, consumer, industry, regulatory, and professional resources throughout each semester. You may use the Pathology Department xerox facility, should you desire to make handouts for the group.
Evaluation is on-going, immediate, constructive and individualized.
These key concepts and the range of phenomena within them provide the learner with an approach by which the clinical problems can be explored, and information from all of your basic science courses integrated. If you have any problem with the course, it is probably wise to discuss it with your PBL small group facilitator first, since you will see them frequently. This should ensure that no one facilitator has unusually high or low small group grades. The main purpose of this CAI system is to provide you with a Supplemental Image Database , which consists of the photographs or diagrams selected by the faculty to supplement those in the text. The CAI facility also has the Learning Objectives for each unit, a list of Keywords and definitions, plus the initial information on the cases for the Thursday PBL Conference .