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[The case method--a new student-activating method in medical education].
1Institutionen för obstetrik & gynekologi, kvinnokliniken, Universitetssjukhuset MAS, Malmö. martin.stjernquist@obst.mas.lu.se
Lakartidningen
|March 29, 2001
Summary
The case method activates students in medical education, offering clinical problem-solving skills. It
Area of Science:
- Medical education
- Pedagogy
- Clinical skills training
Context:
- Undergraduate medical curriculum at Lund/Malmö, Sweden.
- Integration with problem-based learning (PBL) and traditional methods.
- Focus on clinical level medical education.
Purpose:
- To evaluate the case method as a student-activating teaching strategy.
- To assess its utility in an integrated, problem-based medical curriculum.
- To compare its resource consumption with PBL.
Summary:
- The case method is a student-activating pedagogical approach.
- It enhances clinical problem-solving skills, particularly beneficial at the clinical stage.
- It is resource-efficient compared to problem-based learning (PBL).
Impact:
- Provides a valuable tool for medical schools, especially with growing student numbers.
- Supports the development of practical clinical reasoning.
- Offers a potentially more resource-conscious alternative to PBL in medical training.