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Medical Education
Health Professions Education
Problem-Based Learning

Background:

Effective problem-based learning (PBL) in healthcare education relies on authentic learning scenarios.
Existing methods for scenario creation often pre-define problems, limiting the development of crucial problem-identification skills in learners.
Facilitators face challenges in authoring scenarios that effectively trigger learning without negating the need for learner engagement in problem identification.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore methods for creating authentic PBL scenarios that avoid pre-definition of problems.
To introduce Penfield Virtual Hospital (Penfield) as a novel computer-based tool to address challenges in scenario development.

Main Methods:

Review of existing methods for PBL scenario construction.
Introduction and description of the Penfield Virtual Hospital (Penfield) computer-based tool.

Main Results:

Current scenario-building methods have limitations and introduce new challenges for facilitators.
Penfield Virtual Hospital is presented as a tool designed to mitigate issues related to problem pre-definition in PBL scenarios.

Conclusions:

Developing authentic PBL scenarios that foster problem identification skills remains a challenge.
Computer-based tools like Penfield Virtual Hospital show potential in overcoming limitations of traditional scenario-building methods in healthcare education.