Student Centered PBL

Student centered PBL is similar to PS PBL in some aspects. SC PBL has the same goals as PS PBL, but includes one more: fostering life-long learning skills.

Physicians are one group of professionals who are required to stay current with new developments in their fields. The skills of a life-long learner are particularly important for this group. Hence, several medical schools employ student centered PBL.

The SC PBL Process

Students receive the problem situation.

Students work on the problem in project teams.

Students are evaluated in multiple ways by instructors, peers, and self.

The process appears to be similar to that of PS PBL, but there are significant differences in each step, which are driven by the goal of fostering life-long learning skills. The major differences are in student responsbilities. In SC PBL,

students identify the learning issues they wish to explore;

students determine the content to be mastered;

students determine and locate the resources to be used.

In short, students have self-defined learning issues.

As is the case with PS PBL, students decide how to appropriately use the newly acquired information and knowledge in order to solve the problem at hand.

The next page will outline the reasons for using PBL.

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