Problem Based Learning in Health Professions Education: Why and why not. Commentary on the Problem Formulation Chapter: Misconceptions leading to Malpractice

Problem based learning

Abstract

When Medical Education, as an academic specialty, was introduced to the Arab region at the beginning of the twenty first century, a need was developed by the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of the World Health Organization (EMRO, WHO) to establish a distance learning program in Arabic that provides learning opportunities in medical education to health professionals in education or training positions in Arab countries. The Arabic Diploma of Health Professions Education by distance learning was the fruit of collaboration between EMRO, WHO, and the Department of Medical Education at the Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University. Five books were authored and issued by EMRO in medical education in Arabic to be used as references for the fellows applying to this program."Problem Based Learning in Health Professions: Why and why not"
( )التعلم القائم على المشاكل فى المهن الصحية لماذا ولماذا لا ISBN: 9-789-29021-880-7 [1] was one of those 5 books. This book explained in a very simple way the concepts, rationale, and techniques of PBL as an educational strategy, and focused on the misconceptions and pitfalls that many face when they adopt and implement PBL. In the commentary on this book, I would like to further highlight such misconceptions and pitfalls in English.