Problem Based Learning a Shift from Teaching Paradigm to the Learning Paradigm
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Dental Education - Year 2017, Vol 10, Issue 1
Abstract
The past decade has seen an increasing demand for reforms of dental education that would produce a graduate better equipped to work in the rapidly changing world of the 21stcentury. Among the most notable curriculum changes implemented in dental schools is a move towards ProblemBased Learning (PBL). PBL, in some form, has been a feature of medical education for several decades, but has only recently been introduced into dental schools.
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Poornima R.
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