PBL/CBL

Problem-Based Learning (PBL)

The PBL curriculum aims to enhance students' higher-order thinking skills, including problem-solving, judgment, analysis, integration, problem-solving, and collaborative learning. This enables them to acquire comprehensive and insightful medical knowledge and fosters self-directed, lifelong learning. Students engage in small group discussions about a hypothetical patient's symptom module, developing a patient's medical history, examination, diagnosis, and treatment plan. This process allows students to experience the process of gathering, interpreting, and integrating the vast amount of medical information necessary for problem-solving, thereby developing clinical reasoning and critical thinking. The PBL curriculum spans four semesters, from the first semester of the first year to the second semester of the second year, with 36 hours (1 credit) per semester. Each module is conducted over three weeks, and each module focuses on a diverse range of medical topics based on clinical patient cases, conducted through small group learning activities.

Case-Based Learning

The case-based learning curriculum focuses on patient clinical presentations, enabling students to acquire theoretical knowledge and problem-solving skills for real-world situations encountered in clinical practice. Students analyze clinical findings from patient cases and logically deduce diagnoses and treatment plans, thereby learning scientific methods and fostering self-directed, lifelong learning abilities. The case-based learning curriculum is offered for three semesters, from the first semester of the third year to the first semester of the fourth year, with 36 hours (2 credits) per semester.