A select bibliography on

Problem-Based Learning Resources
on Medicine in the NUS Libraries

Prepared in conjunction with the Faculty of Medicine Seminar

(Updated  on 8 April 2003, 9 July 2003 )

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	ARTICLES
	http://www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/brief/Pdf/v3n3.pdf What is problem-based learning? It is magic, myth and mindset. CDTL Brief. Aug 2000;3(3):1-6.   http://www.dentistry.nus.edu.sg/faculty/mirror/mirror1/page1.htm Foong, Kelvin. Problem Based Learning : A bold new approach to dental education in the Faculty of Dentistry. Dental mirror Online. Mar 1997;(1).   http://www.nus.edu.sg/campusnews/archives/2001/jan/campusnews10.htm Student-centred learning approach in the health sciences. Campus news. Jan-Mar 2001.   Antepohl W, Domeij E, Forsberg P, Ludvigsson J. A follow-up of medical graduates of a problem-based learning curriculum. Medical Education. 2003 Feb;37(2):155-62. [MDBP]   Aretz HT. How good is the newly graduated doctor and can we measure it? Medical Journal of Australia. 2003 Feb 17; 178(4): 147-8. [MDBP]   Atiya AS. Teaching of evidence-based medicine to medical undergraduates. Medical Journal of Malaysia. 2002 Dec; 57 Suppl E: 105-8. [MDBP]   Azila NM. Preparing for and managing change: some thoughts for curriculum planners and implementers. Medical Journal of Malaysia. 2002 Dec; 57 Suppl E: 52-7. [MDBP]   Behling D, Low K, Severino R, Boldt DW, Hardman J. Problem based learning and medical malpractice: does how you've been trained make a difference? Hawaii Medical Journal. 2003 Apr; 62(4): 73-4, 77-9. [MDBP]   Broudo, M. and Walsh, C. MEDICOL: online learning in medicine and dentistry. Academic Medicine. 2002 Sep;77(9):926-7. Review.   Caudell TP, Summers KL, Holten J 4th, Hakamata T, Mowafi M, Jacobs J,Lozanoff BK, Lozanoff S, Wilks D, Keep MF, Saiki S, Alverson D. Virtual patient simulator for distributed collaborative medical education. Anatomical Record. 2003 Jan;270B(1):23-9. [MDBP]   Colliver JA. Educational theory and medical education practice: a cautionary note for medical school faculty. Academic Medicine. 2002 Dec;77(12 Pt 1):1217-20. [MDBP]   Dean SJ, Barratt AL, Hendry GD, Lyon PM. Preparedness for hospital practice among graduates of a problem-based, graduate-entry medical program. Medical Journal of Australia. 2003 Feb 17; 178(4): 163-6. [MDBP]   Dorsch JL, Jacobson S, Scherrer CS. Teaching EBM teachers: a team approach. Medical Reference Services Quarterly. 2003 Summer; 22(2): 107-14. [MDBP]   Elnicki DM, Fagan MJ. Medical students and procedural skills. American Journal of Medicine. 2003 Mar; 114(4): 343-5. [MDBP]   Eshach H, Bitterman H. From case-based reasoning to problem-based learning. Academic Medicine. 2003 May; 78(5): 491-6. [MDBP]   Ganguly PK, Chakravarty M, Latif NA, Osman M, Abu-Hijleh M. Teaching of anatomy in a problem-based curriculum at the Arabian Gulf University: The new face of the museum. Clinical Anatomy. 2003 May; 16(3): 256-61. [MDBP]   Gilkison A. Techniques used by "expert" and "non-expert" tutors to facilitate problem-based learning tutorials in an undergraduate medical curriculum. Medical Education. 2003 Jan;37(1):6-14. [MDBP]   Gunderman RB, Williamson KB, Frank M, Heitkamp DE, Kipfer HD. Learner-centered education. Radiology. 2003 Apr; 227(1): 15-7. [MDBP]   Hatala RM, Brooks LR, Norman GR. Practice Makes Perfect: The Critical Role of Mixed Practice in the Acquisition of ECG Interpretation Skills. Advances in health sciences education. 2003;8(1):17-26. [Available online]   Hannay D, Mitchell C, Chung MC. The development and evaluation of a community attachment scheme for first-year medical students. Medical Teacher. 2003 Mar; 25(2): 161-6. [MDBP]   Hoad-Reddick G, Theaker E. Providing support for problem-based learning in dentistry: the Manchester experience. European Journal of Dental Education. 2003 Feb; 7(1): 3-12. [MDBP]   Jacobs J, Caudell T, Wilks D, Keep MF, Mitchell S, Buchanan H, Saland L, Rosenheimer J, Lozanoff BK, Lozanoff S, Saiki S, Alverson D. Integration of advanced technologies to enhance problem-based learning over distance: Project TOUCH. Anatomical Record. 2003 Jan;270B(1):16-22. [MDBP]   Jacobs J, Kameda A. Technology and the problem based learning (PBL) curriculum at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Hawaii Medical Journal. 2003 Mar; 62(3): 59, 65. [MDBP]   Kamin C, O'Sullivan P, Deterding R, Younger M. A comparison of critical thinking in groups of third-year medical students in text, video, and virtual PBL case modalities. Academic Medicine. 2003 Feb;78(2):204-11. [MDBP]   Kaplowitz J, Darling LM, Wilkerson L. Reaching and teaching new medical students. Academic Medicine. Nov 2002;77(11):1173.   Karina R, Nooriah S. Critical appraisal--is there a need to train medical students how to read the literature? Medical Journal of Malaysia. 2002 Dec; 57 Suppl E: 78-82. [MDBP]   Kasuya RT, Naguwa GS, Guerrero AP, Hishinuma ES, Lindberg MA, Judd NK. USMLE performances in a predominantly Asian and Pacific Islander population of medical students in a problem-based learning curriculum. Academic Medicine. 2003 May; 78(5): 483-90. [MDBP]   Khoo HE. Implementation of problem-based learning in Asian medical schools and students' perceptions of their experience. Medical Education. 2003 May; 37(5): 401-9. [MDBP]   Leung KK, Lue BH, Lee MB. Development of a teaching style inventory for tutor evaluation in problem-based learning. Medical Education. 2003 May; 37(5): 410-6. [MDBP]   Leung WC. Gaining experience in different teaching methods. BMJ. 2003 Jan 25;326(7382):S27. [MDBP]   Lubawy W, Brandt B. A variable structure, less resource intensive modification of problem-based learning for pharmacology instruction to health science students. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology. Jul 2002;366(1):48-57. [available online]   Maudsley G. The limits of tutors' comfort zones with four integrated knowledge themes in a problem-based undergraduate medical curriculum (Interview study). Medical Education. 2003 May; 37(5): 417-23. [MDBP]   Miflin B. Measuring self-directed learning. Medical Education. 2003 Mar; 37(3): 278-9; author reply 279-80. [MDBP]   [No authors listed] Mark Albanese [interview with Mark Albanese, Director of the Office of Medical Education Research and Development and Professor of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin Medical School]. Medical Education. 2002 Dec;36(12):1216-7. [MDBP]   Prince KJ, van Mameren H, Hylkema N, Drukker J, Scherpbier AJ, van der Vleuten CP. Does problem-based learning lead to deficiencies in basic science knowledge? An empirical case on anatomy. Medical Education. 2003 Jan;37(1):15-21. [MDBP]   Roche WP 3rd, Scheetz AP, Dane FC, Parish DC, O'Shea JT. Medical students' attitudes in a PBL curriculum: trust, altruism, and cynicism. Academic Medicine. 2003 Apr; 78(4): 398-402. [MDBP]   Schillinger E, LeBaron S. The multiple mini-SOAP format for student presentations of complex patients. Family Medicine. 2003 Jan; 35(1): 13-4. [MDBP]   Spencer J. Learning and teaching in the clinical environment. BMJ: British Medical Journal. 2003 Mar 15; 326(7389): 591-4. [MDBP]   Smith HC. A course director's perspectives on problem-based learning curricula in biochemistry. Academic Medicine. 2002 Dec;77(12 Pt 1):1189-98. [MDBP]   Tanji VM. Role of the library and librarians in medical education at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Hawaii Medical Journal. 2002 Dec; 61(12): 282. [MDBP]   Tobin B, Welch K, Dent M, Smith C, Hooks B, Hash R. Longitudinal and horizontal integration of nutrition science into medical school curricula. Journal of Nutrition. 2003 Feb;133(2):567S-72S. [MDBP]   Washington ET, Tysinger JW, Snell LM, Palmer LR. Developing and evaluating ambulatory care: problem-based learning cases. Medical Teacher. 2003 Mar; 25(2): 136-41. [MDBP]   Weedon D. Whither pathology in medical education? Medical Journal of Australia. 2003 Mar 3; 178(5): 200-2. [MDBP]   Wood DF. ABC of learning and teaching in medicine: Problem based learning. BMJ. 2003 Feb 8;326(7384):328-30. [MDBP]
	See also :  American Journal of Physiology.  Advances in Physiology Education.  [Contains articles relating to PBL] You can also perform a search in PubMed with the MESH term, 'problem-based learning'.
	Books
	1.  AJJA Scherpbier... [et al.]. Advances in medical education. Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publisher, 1997.[MDMS R735 Adv] 2.  Allen, Deborah E. Thinking toward solutions : problem-based learning activities for general biology ; students manual. Fort Worth : Saunders College Publishing, 1998. [MDMS QH315 All] 3.  Amorosa, JK, Robert A Novelline, Lucy F Squire. Exercises in diagnostic radiology chest, abdomen, bone and clinical skills: a problem-based text. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1993. [MDMS RV78 Amo] 4.  ASEAN Conference on Problem-based Learning in Health Sciences (1st : Singapore). 1st ASEAN Conference on Problem-based learning in Health Sciences : PBL : issues & challenges, 20-22 November, 2000, National University of Singapore. Singapore : NUS, 2000.  [MDMS R834 Aph 1] 5.  Asia-Pacific Conference on Problem-Based Learning (2nd : 2000 : Singapore). Problem-based learning : educational innovation across disciplines : a collection of selected papers. Singapore : Temasek Centre for Problem-Based Learning, 2000. [CLSMC LB1027.42 Apb 2] 6.  Barrows, Howard S and Garfield C Pickell. Developing clinical problem-solving skills: a guide to more effective diagnosis and treatment. New York: WW Norton, 1991. [MDMS R723 Bar] 7.  Barrows, Howard S. How to design a problem-based curriculum for the preclinical years. Springer series on medical education: v. 8. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 1985. [MDMS R834 Bao] 8.  Barrows, Howard. Practice-based learning: problem-based learning applied to medical education. Springfield, Ill.: Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine, 1994. [MDMS R834 Bar] 9.  Barrows, Howard S.  Stimulated recall: personalized assessment of clinical reasoning. Springfield, IL : Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 2000.[MDMS R723 Bar] 10. Barrows, Howard S.  Training standardized patients to have physical findings. Springfield, IL : Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 1999. [RC76 Bar] 11. Barrow, Howard. The tutorial process. Revised ed. Springfield, Ill.: Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine, 1992. [MDMS LB2828 Bar] 12. Barrows, Howard S. What your tutor may never tell you: a guide for medical students in problem-based learning.  Springfield, Ill.: Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine, 1997.  [MDMS  R834 Bar] 13. Bringing problem-based learning to higher education: theory and practice. Editors, LuAnn Wilkerson, Wim H Gijselaers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996.  [CLMS LB1025.2 Ndt 68] 14. Browne, M Neil, Stuart Keeley. Striving for excellence in college: tips for active learning. NJ: Prentice Hall, 1997. [CLMS LB2395 Bro] 15. The Challenge of problem-based learning.  Edited by David Boud and Grahame Feletti.  London: Kogan Page, 1998.  [MDMS LC1059 Cha] [CLMS LC1059 Cha 1991 ed.]  16. Clinical reasoning in the health professions. Edited by Joy Higgs and Mark Jones. Oxford; Boston: Butterworth-Heinermann, 1995. [MDRBR R723 Cli] 17. Critical thinking in respiratory care : a problem-based learning approach. New York : McGraw Hill, Medical Pub. Division, 2001. [MDMS RC735 Inh.C] 18. Dent, John A., and Harden, Ronald.  A practical guide for medical teachers.  Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 2001. [MDMS R834 Pra] 19. Evenson, Dorothy H. and Hmelo, Cindy E.  Problem-based learning : a research perspective on learning interactions.  Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2000. [SCMS LB1027.42 Pro] 20. Fogarty, Robin.  Problem-based learning and other curriculum models for the multiiple intelligences classroom.  Arlington Heights, Il: IRI/Skylight Training and Publishing, 1997.  [MDMS LB1027.42 Fog] 21. Glasgow, Neal A. New curriculum for new times: a guide to student-centered, problem-based learning. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin Press, 1997. [CLMS LB1027.42 Gla] 22. Green, Ben. Problem-based psychiatry. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1996. [MDMS RC465 Gre] 23. Halperin, Mitchell L, Francis S Rolleston. Clinical detective stories: a problem-based approach to clinical cases in energy and acid-base metabolism. London: Portland Press, 1993. [MDMS RB112.5 Hal] 24. Implementation of problem-based learning in higher education. Edited by Erik de Fraaff & Peter AJ Bouhuijs. Amsterdam: Thesis Publishers, 1993. [CLMS LA828.7 Imp] 25. Implementing problem-based medical education: lessons from successful innovations. Editor, Arthur Kaufman. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 1985. [MDMS R834 Imp] 26. Innovation in medical education: an evaluation of its present status. Editors, Zohair M Nooman, Henk G Schmidt and Esmat S Ezzat. Springer series on medical education: v. 13. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 1990. [MDMS R834 Inn] 27. Kassirer, Jerome P., Richard I Kopelman. Learning clinical reasoning. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1991. [MDMS R723 Kas] 28. Knowledge, information and medical education: selected papers from the IMIA International Conference on Medical Informatics and Medical Education Prague, Czechoslovakia, 3-7 September, 1990. Editors, Jan H Van Bemmel and Jana Zvarova. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Pub., 1991. [MDMS R737 Imi] 29. MedEd-21 : an account of initiatives for change in medical education in Europe for the 21st Century. Amsterdam : Thesis Publishers, 1997. [R771 Med] 30. Medical education in the millennium. Edited by Brian Jolly and Lesley Rees. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. [MDMS R735 Med] 31. Newble, David & Robert Cannon. A Handbook for medical teachers. 4th ed. Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic, 2001. [MDRBR R834 New] [MDRBR 3rd & 4th ed] 32. Newble, David & Robert Cannon. A Handbook for teachers in universities & colleges: a guide to improving teaching methods. 4th ed. London: Kogan Page, 2000. [CLMS, HLMS LB2331 New] 33. The power of problem-based learning : a practical "how to" for teaching undergraduate courses in any discipline. Sterling, Va. : Stylus Pub., 2001. [CLMS LB1027.42 Pow]   34. Problem-based learning : a research perspective on learning interactions.  Edited by Dorothy H. Evensen, Cindy E. Hmelo. Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2000. [SCMS LB1027.42 Pro] 35. Problem-based learning in a health sciences curriculum. Edited by Christine Alavi. London: Routledge, 1995. [MDMS RT73 Pro] 36. Problem-based learning in education for the professions. Edited by David Boud. Sydney: HERDSA, 1985. [CLMS LB1060 Pro] 37. Problem-Based Learning Symposium : (2001 : Singapore).  Problem-Based Learning Symposium 2001 : issues & challenges. [Singapore : Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning, National University of Singapore, 2001]. [CL Sing/Mal-NUS LG399 Pbl 2001] 38. Professional education in the United States: experiential learning, issues and prospects. Edited by Solomon Hoberman and Sidney Mailick. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1994. [CLMS LC1059 Prf] 39. Promoting active learning in the life science classroom. Edited by Harold I Modell and Joel A Michael. New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 1993. [MDMS Q1 Nasa 701] 40. Reflections on problem based learning. Edited by Chen Swee Eng…et al. Campbellton, NSW: Australian Problem Network, 1994. [CLMS LB1060 Rel] 41. Savin-Baden, Maggi. Problem-based learning in higher education : untold stories. Philadelphia, PA : Society for Research into Higher Education : Open University Press, 2000. [CLMS LB1027.42 Sav] 42. Schwartz, Peter ... [et al.]. Problem-based learning : case studies, experience and practice. London : Kogan Page, 2001. [LB1027.42 Pro] 43. Surgery : a problem-solving approach. edited by John H. Davis...et al. 2nd ed. St. Louis : Mosby , c1995. [MDMS RD31 Sur] 44. Teaching the responsible conduct of research through a case study approach : a handbook for instructors. Washington, D.C. : Association of American Medical Colleges, 1994. [MD Ref10 R852 Tea] 45. Tutorials in problem-based learning: new directions in training for the health professions. Edited by Henk G Schmidt and Maurice L de Volder. Assen [Netherlands]: Van Gorcum, 1984. [MDMS R834 Isp 1] 46. Waterman, Robert E…et al. Clinical problem-based learning: a workbook for integrating basic and clinical science. 1st ed. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1988.  [MDMS RC66 Cli] 47. Westberg, Jane, Hilliard Jason. Teaching creatively with video: fostering reflection, communication and other clinical skills. Springer series on medical education: v. 18. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 1994.  [MDMS RA440.55 Wes] 48. Whiteman, Neal A. and Schwenk, Thomas L. A handbook for group discussion leaders : alternatives to lecturing medical students to death. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City, Utah : University of Utah, School of Medicine, 1999. [MDMS R834 Whi] 49. Woods, Donald R. Problem-based learning: how to gain the most from PBL. Ontario: Donald R Woods, 1994. [CLMS, MDMS LB2395 Wod] 50. Workshop on Medical Education. (1st : February, 1999 : Singapore).  Workshop on Medical Education, 27th February 1999 : Let's work together ; Introduction to problem-based learning.  Singapore: National University of Singapore, Faculty of Medicine, 1999.  [MDMS LB1027.42 Wme]
	Problem-based Learning Modules Produced by the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
	1.  BRADLEY ARNETT Mr. Arnett is a 54-year-old male who presents complaining of difficulty swallowing. [MDMS R834.5 Pbl.Br] 2.  VICTORIA BARNES A 75-year-old white female presents to hospital at 0700 with increased shortness of breath on exertion and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. Patient is also anemic with a hemoglobin of 9.7 differing from a normal hemoglobin three years prior to admission. [MDMS R834.5 Pbl.Vi] 3.  LENA CARDINAL Ms. Cardinal is a 20-year-old white female who presents to the emergency room with a four-day history of severe epigastric pain. She has been transferred from a smaller hospital where she was treated for two days with IV fluids and analgesia with no relief of her symptoms. [MDMS R834.5 Pbl.Le] 4.  EDWARD CLAYTON A 74-year-old man presents with tremor in his left hand. [MDMS R834.5 Pbl.Ed] 5.  JACK FREDERICK Jack Frederick, a moderately obese 54-year-old white male, is referred to you by his primary care physician for further evaluation and treatment of his hypertension. [MDMS R834.5 Pbl.Ja] 6.  ALFRED GREEN A 15-year old black male with 2+ protein, 8-12 RBC’s/HPF, 3-5 WBC’s/HPF on urinalysis obtained for a routine basketball physical examination. [MDMS R834.5 Pbl.Al] 7.  ANDREW REDMOND A 70-year-old white male complains of pain and swelling in left groin. [MDMS R834.5 Pbl.An] 8.  ANNE GEORGE A 72-year-old female presents with complaint of ‘numbness’ on bottoms of her feet and unsteady walking. [MDMS R834.5 Pbl.An] 9.  DANIEL SOUNDERS A 19-year-old white male is seen in the Emergency Room immediately following a diving accident. [MDMS R834.5 Pbl.Da] 10. DEBORAH ANTONELLI A 50-year-old white female presents to the emergency room with a 2-day history of nausea, vomiting, fever and shaking chills. After having been ‘sick’ all night, the patient felt considerably worse this morning and came into the Emergency Room. [MDMS R834.5 Pbl.De]  11. ESTELLE HANSON A 51-year-old white female presents with an acute episode of diarrhoea. [MDMS R834.5 Pbl.Es] 12. GINGER HAYES A 25-year-old female hospitalized following recent surgery. She complains of numbness and tingling in her hands and difficulty moving her arms. [MDMS R834.5 Pbl.Gi] 13. GUS TRIEVER A 25-year-old white male presents with increased obesity and dyspnea on exertion. [MDMS R834.5 Pbl.Gu] 14. JESSICA NEAL 21-year-old transferred from Emergency Room of a small town hospital. She appears acutely ill with IV dopamine running to maintain her blood pressure. She is accompanied by her mother, who gives most of the history. [MDMS R834.5 Pbl.Je] 15. ROSMARY KELLY A 32-year-old white female presents complaining of joint pain, fever and fatigue. [MDMS R834.5 Pbl.Ro] 16. SUSAN OWENS A 50-year-old female presents with complaints of prolonged vaginal bleeding, indigestion and status "I think I feel a lump in my belly". [MDMS R834.5 Pbl.Su] 17. TERRY JOHNSON A 60-year-old white female presents to the Emergency Room complaining of chest and abdominal pain. She is concerned because she noticed blood in the stool. [MDMS R834.5 Pbl.Te] 18. WILLIAM RETTER A 13-year-old white male who does not appear to be in any acute distress. Patient has been hospitalised for re-evaluation because of failure to make satisfactory recovery after his discharge from hospital 4 weeks earlier following treatment for bacterial pneumonia. [MDMS R834.5 Pbl.Wi]
	Videotape
	The tutorial process in problem-based learning [video-recording] Pt 1 & 2. Springfield, Il: Southern Illinois University, 1991. [MDMR MVC1371-1; 1371-2]
	CD-ROM
	1.  Diagnostic reasoning. [CD-ROM]  Summit, NJ : Novartis, c1997.  [MDMR MCM86; MCM86A; MCM86B] 2.  Essentials of human physiology: an interactive multimedia learning & teaching resource on human physiology & functional anatomy. [CD-ROM] Tampa, Florida: Gold Standard Multimedia, 1998. [MDMR MCM72-1; 72-2]
	PBL Websites Here are some INTERNET addresses that give different types of information on PBL.
	1.  http://www.pbli.org/core.htm This site describes Southern Illinois University’s use of problem-based learning in their medical program and includes curriculum, patient cases, PBL user groups, schedule of workshops, etc. SIU has a 2-year curriculum entirely based on PBL as an option for the first two years of medical school. 2.  http://meds.queensu.ca/medicine/pbl/pblhome.htm This is the problem-based learning home page of Queen's University MD program. The site information is organised into 12 chapters including: the process of problem-based learning; student responsibilities in PBL; The role of the tutor; how PBL problems are created. 3.  http://www.udel.edu/pbl/others.html A University of Delaware PBL site with links to several universities with PBL. 4.  http://www.uchsc.edu/CIS/PBL.html A problem-based learning and resources website. 5.  http://www.samford.edu/pbl/index.html Has hyperlinks to PBL sites. 6.   http://www.unimaas.nl/PBL/ This U of Maastricht site contains extensive links to PBL resources, sorted by categories including goals and general descriptions, full-text literature, discussion lists, congresses, cases, institutions/sites arranged alphabetically, etc.

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