Designing PBL case studies for patient-centered care

Robyn Schell, David Kaufman

Abstract


Although patient-centered care is a medical practice ideal and is known to be associated with better patient outcomes, patient-centeredness declines as students progress through medical school. There is a need to integrate components into medical education that develop patient-centeredness through communications skills training, practice-based learning, and reflective practice. PBL can offer a venue for enhancing these types of skills. Creating cases based on stories can enhance the authenticity of the learning environment by telling a narrative from the patient’s perspective while providing engaging, memorable contexts for practicing patient-centered skills. Recounting “thick†narratives through the medium of video and supporting PBL with multimedia resources can provide a richer experience for learning and teaching. Implementing design-based research in conjunction with quantitative and/or qualitative research methodologies could provide new insights into PBL in relation to patient-centered skills and values. Although design-based research can be challenging, using it in combination with other research methodologies has the potential to lead to findings that can make a contribution to situated, constructivist theory within a PBL setting.


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patient-centered care, patient-centeredness, problem-based learning, narrative, design-based research

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