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1 Departments of Microbiology & Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, KSA
2 Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, KSA
3 Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, KSA
The University of Bisha, College of Medicine (UBCOM) established in 2014 with the rationale to participate in the development of health status in the Saudi Arabia.
Since UBCOM is a new medical college implementing the PBL approach, it is important to determine the flow and the worth of this method for future improvements.
It's well known that medical students’ opinion about their learning strategies is an essential process for evaluating curriculum strength and weakness.
We aimed to assess the benefits and effectiveness of PBL in the acquisition of knowledge and soft skills during basic medical (Phase I) and preclinical (Phase II) sciences.
Across-sectional study was conducted during academic year 2016-2017 at UBCOM. Students (n=67) at Phase I (year 2) and Phase II (year 3) were involved. A validated self-administered questionnaire used for data collection. Four points Likert scale used to assess questionnaire items. t-tests were used to analyze outcome data with significant p values ≤ 0.05.
Most of the students (86.3%) reported positive perception on all the items assessing the benefits of PBL approach (Table 1). Students respond (mean±SD) positively to both acquisitions of knowledge (3.27±0.46) and soft skills (3.32±0.45) items (Tables 2 & 3). No significant differences in acquisition of knowledge (p=0.768) and soft skills (p=0.297) between phase 1 and 2 students (Figs.1 & 2). PBL was preferred in Phase II comparable to Phase I modules (3.371±0.299 vs. 3.026±0.627; p=0.001).
PBL strategy at UBCOM has a progressively significant role in inspiring learning environment, acquisition of knowledge and skills during basic and pre-clinical phases.
The authors express their gratitude for medical students those are participated in this a study.
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