Application and practice of PBL on pathophysiology teaching

AIM:To develop the methods of PBL on pathophysiology teaching for the medical students.METHODS: We chose 1 class from the 7-year program students in China Medical University and conducted bilingual PBL course of pathophysiology,we also chose 1 class from the 5-year program students and conducted PBL course in Chinese,the other classes were in traditional curriculum. We used special textbook in PBL class.

AIM ： To develop the methods of PBL on pathophysiology teaching for the medical students. METHODS ： We chose 1 class from the 7 - year program students in China Medical University and conducted bilingual PBL course of pathophysiology, we also chose 1 class from the 5 - year program students and conducted PBL course in Chinese, the other classes were in traditional curriculum. We used special textbook in PBL class. In this textbook, the main part of each chapter is several clinical cases which include the main points in pathophysiology. There are 5 stages in the PBL tutorial process ： （ 1 ） presenting problems based on the cases to the students in small class;（2）data collecting and arranging by the individuals;（ 3 ） discussion in small groups;