Problem-Based Versus Conventional Curricula: Influence on Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical Students Towards Health Research

Hassan Khan; Ather M. Taqui; Muhammad Rizwanulhaq Khawaja; Zafar Fatmi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000632

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Problem-Based Versus Conventional Curricula: Influence on Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical Students Towards Health Research

Hassan Khan ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: drhasankhan@gmail.com

Affiliation Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Ather M. Taqui,

Affiliation Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Muhammad Rizwanulhaq Khawaja,

Affiliation Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Zafar Fatmi

Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Problem-Based Versus Conventional Curricula: Influence on Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical Students Towards Health Research

Hassan Khan,
Ather M. Taqui,
Muhammad Rizwanulhaq Khawaja,
Zafar Fatmi

Published: July 18, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000632

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Context specific assessment of PBL

Posted by jjmiranda on 18 Jul 2007 at 14:49 GMT

Problem-based learning, a technique promoted for the training of medical students in the North, needs to be properly assessed in other settings. Is in this sense that this paper shows a merit in evaluating this approach into a specific context.

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