Objective: To investigate the learning approaches of undergraduate students at different medical schools applying different curricula in Turkey
Objectives: To determine the opinion of tutors and students
in charge of problem-based learning (PBL) courses during the
academic year of 2006-2007 about the extent of contribution
of PBL to certain skills in comparison with conventional
education and to clarify whether or not they are content with
PBL
Design: Cross sectional research
Setting: Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya,
Turkey
Subjects and Methods: One hundred and ?fty three tutors
in charge of PBL courses during the academic year of 2006-
2007 and all of the ?rst year medical students (n = 170) were
included. A questionnaire was sent to the study population
in June 2007.
Intervention: Analysis of completed questionnaire
Main Outcome Measure: Independent sample t-test analysis
was used to determine whether mean scores were different
in two groups.
Results: Majority of the tutors (87.5%) and students (97.1%)
responded to the questionnaire. The question “Is PBL an
application that is in general bene?cial to the student?” was
answered as “yes” by 66.9% of the tutors. The question “Are
you content with PBL?” was answered as “yes” by 54.9% of
the tutors. On the other hand, 74.5% of the students answered
“yes” to this second question.
Conclusion: Our results show that PBL is well received by
tutors and students and they think that PBL offers signi?cant
contribution to the students in areas that are considered to
be superior aspects of PBL when compared to conventional
education.
