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8374586

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-10-21
pubmed:abstractText
A key question for librarians and medical educators who are planning for curriculum change is whether students and faculty in problem-based learning (PBL) programs use the library and its resources differently than do participants in traditional programs. During 1991, this research question was explored at three medical schools in the province of Ontario, Canada. At the time of the study, McMaster University medical school was totally problem-based, the University of Western Ontario had one PBL day each week for first-year medical students, and the University of Toronto, although planning for medical curriculum change, had not yet initiated PBL. Data collected in the study suggest that more medical students in the problem-based curriculum than in the more traditional programs use the library and that, when the PBL students use the library, they do so more frequently, for longer periods of time, and as a source of a greater proportion of their study materials. PBL students also use the library more than their counterparts as a place to study and meet other students. Students in the problem-based curriculum use the following resources more extensively: end-user MEDLINE searching, library journals, reserve or short-term loan materials, photocopy services, and audiovisual materials. PBL students also report purchasing more textbooks. In contrast to the differences found among medical students, however, patterns of library and resource use by medical faculty at the three schools were quite similar.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0025-7338
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
299-305
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
A study of library use in problem-based and traditional medical curricula.
pubmed:affiliation
Faculty of Library and Information Science, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't