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Problem Based Learning In Medicine
and
Evidence-Based Medicine:
Selected World Wide Web Resources
Introduction
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is a powerful educational model that has its roots in the age old, well proven apprenticeship method, learning by doing. Initially developed a quarter of a century ago in medical education, it has now become increasingly used at all educational levels (K - 16) and in a wide range of professional schools. It involves learners in an active, collaborative, student-centered learning process that develops problem-solving and self-educational abilities needed to meet the challenges of life and career in our increasingly complex environment. It also allows the learner to acquire an integrated knowledge-base structured around real world problems, the problems the learner will face in future work or profession, community and personal life. Acquiring knowledge in the contexts in which it is to be used facilitates recall and knowledge application.
-- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (http://www.siumed.edu/pblc/pblapp.html)
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is an approach to practising medicine in which the clinician is aware of the evidence in support of her clinical practice, and the strength of that evidence. Evidence based health care (EBC) promotes the collection, interpretation, and integration of valid, important and applicable patient-reported, clinician-observed, and research-derived evidence. The best available evidence, moderated by patient circumstances and preferences, is applied to improve the quality of clinical judgements and facilitate cost-effective health care.
-- McMaster University (http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/)
Many other sources are available and can be found by using the various World Wide Web search engines.
Starting Points and Hub Sites
- Search Engines
- A single site with many different search engines available. Try problem based learning medicine, evidence based medicine, case based reasoning or evidence based care as search terms.
http://www.search.com
- Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, Oxford, England
- Links to courses, research, workshops, EBM resources, and a comprehensive editorial about EBM.
http://cebm.jr2.ox.ac.uk/
- McMaster University
- Overview of Evidence Based Medicine objectives and activities; links to other Evidence Based Care sites; workshop and meeting information; inventory of people, projects, and products.
http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
- Discusses the rationale behind Problem Based Learning and the PBL process; information about SIU as a resource for other institutions considering the implementation of PBL. Includes a list of training resources and consultants.
http://www.siumed.edu/pblc/index.html
Workshops in PBL or EBM
- Case-based Reasoning
- http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/cbr-med/html/speakers.html
Sites for Medical Students
- Southern Illinois University
- Explanation of PBL curriculum and discussion of rationale for PBL; includes SIU application.
http://www.siumed.edu/pblc/pblcur.html
Bibliographies
- Southern Illinois University
- http://www.siumed.edu/pblc/pblbib.html
Interactive Education
- MedConnect
- http://www.medconnect.com/
- PBL Case File
- http://florey.biosci.uq.edu.au/BiochemEd/pbl.htm
Specialty Sites
- Cardiology
- http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/cardiax/cardiax.html
- Pathology
- http://www.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk/~mpzjlowe/evpath.html
- Radiology
- http://www.med.harvard.edu/BWHRad/FTP.html
Electronic Journals
- Bandolier: Evidence Based Health Care
- Full-text information, including access to back issues.
http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk:80/Bandolier/
Listservs
- PBLIST
- To subscribe to PBLIST, send a message reading "subscribe pblist <Your Name>" to listserv@listserv.iupui.edu. You should receive a request for confirmation from the list. If you don't, or have any difficulty subscribing , send a note to morganj@iupui.edu for help. Additional list information and the list archives are available at http://listserv.iupui.edu
- Case Based Reasoning
- http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/cbr-med/html/
- Evidence Based Medicine
- gopher://nisp.ncl.ac.uk:
70/00/lists-a-e/evidence-based-health/introduction
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