PBL but not as we know it: an ethnography of the practice and facilitation of 'problem-based learning' within a hybrid graduate-entry medical programme in England
This thesis lifts the lid' on the educational practices within a medical education programme, which is based upon a Problem-Based learning (PBl) approach. It is an ethnographic case study that sets out to understand the practice and facilitation of PBl situated within a hybrid curriculum at a g...
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| description | This thesis lifts the lid' on the educational practices within a medical education programme, which is based upon a Problem-Based learning (PBl) approach. It is an ethnographic case study that sets out to understand the practice and facilitation of PBl situated within a hybrid curriculum at a graduate-entry medical programme in England. Data was collected by audio-visual recording of PBl sessions, audio recording and observing facilitator meetings and through the author's experiences as a participant observer working as a facilitator within the research setting. The study exposes a variety of PBl practices within a single curriculum setting that have not previously been examined in detail within medical education, in particular through use of direct observational methods. The findings pose a challenge to a core educational objective, upon which the 'PBl' programme was founded, that being to develop students' skills as self-directed learners. While this is highlighted within the literature as a central component to the PBl process, the findings raise questions about how these assumptions are reflected in the practice of PBL. |
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| spelling | nottingham-144382025-02-28T11:30:49Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/14438/ PBL but not as we know it: an ethnography of the practice and facilitation of 'problem-based learning' within a hybrid graduate-entry medical programme in England Jennings, Peter This thesis lifts the lid' on the educational practices within a medical education programme, which is based upon a Problem-Based learning (PBl) approach. It is an ethnographic case study that sets out to understand the practice and facilitation of PBl situated within a hybrid curriculum at a graduate-entry medical programme in England. Data was collected by audio-visual recording of PBl sessions, audio recording and observing facilitator meetings and through the author's experiences as a participant observer working as a facilitator within the research setting. The study exposes a variety of PBl practices within a single curriculum setting that have not previously been examined in detail within medical education, in particular through use of direct observational methods. The findings pose a challenge to a core educational objective, upon which the 'PBl' programme was founded, that being to develop students' skills as self-directed learners. While this is highlighted within the literature as a central component to the PBl process, the findings raise questions about how these assumptions are reflected in the practice of PBL. 2013-12-12 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/14438/1/602367.pdf Jennings, Peter (2013) PBL but not as we know it: an ethnography of the practice and facilitation of 'problem-based learning' within a hybrid graduate-entry medical programme in England. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. medical education problem-based learning facilitation ethnography |
| spellingShingle | medical education problem-based learning facilitation ethnography Jennings, Peter PBL but not as we know it: an ethnography of the practice and facilitation of 'problem-based learning' within a hybrid graduate-entry medical programme in England |
| title | PBL but not as we know it: an ethnography of the practice and facilitation of 'problem-based learning' within a hybrid graduate-entry medical programme in England |
| title_full | PBL but not as we know it: an ethnography of the practice and facilitation of 'problem-based learning' within a hybrid graduate-entry medical programme in England |
| title_fullStr | PBL but not as we know it: an ethnography of the practice and facilitation of 'problem-based learning' within a hybrid graduate-entry medical programme in England |
| title_full_unstemmed | PBL but not as we know it: an ethnography of the practice and facilitation of 'problem-based learning' within a hybrid graduate-entry medical programme in England |
| title_short | PBL but not as we know it: an ethnography of the practice and facilitation of 'problem-based learning' within a hybrid graduate-entry medical programme in England |
| title_sort | pbl but not as we know it: an ethnography of the practice and facilitation of 'problem-based learning' within a hybrid graduate-entry medical programme in england |
| topic | medical education problem-based learning facilitation ethnography |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/14438/ |