Problem-based learning sessions and undergraduate research: a medical student’s perspective and experience

Abdulhadi A. AlAmodi

doi:10.1007/S40037-013-0069-9

Problem-based learning sessions and undergraduate research: a medical student’s perspective and experience

Perspectives on Medical Education

Volume 3 (2014): Issue 1

By: Abdulhadi A. AlAmodi

Open Access

|Jul 2013

Abstract

Undergraduate research (UR) and problem-based learning (PBL) sessions are similar with respect to the type of skills gained through each. However, appropriate modification of PBL sessions would contribute to enhanced UR experience. Based on personal experience in UR and a PBL curriculum, in this short discourse I shall explain how studying under a PBL curriculum enabled me to gain more out of my research experience.

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