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RE-DESIGNING OF A PROBLEM BASED LEARNING MODULE TO REFLECT A
DISTINCTIVE CURRICULUM
cancer. The philosophy of Keele’s MBChB programme is to encourage
medical students to take responsibility of their own learning in order
to prepare them for life-long learning. This ethos is reflected in the
structure of the module which makes use of student-led learning
approaches to facilitate students achieving the outcomes of the
programme as well as meeting the standards set out by the GMC.
Student-led learning is effectively achieved through small group
teaching and this format has been proposed to be suitable for
incorporation into medical education (Tomorrow’s Doctors 2009).
The GMC also emphasises the importance of practical class learning
to enable students develop their clinical skills.
Figure 2: Graphical representation of the structural components of
the cancer module. Each week’s learning theme is set by the PBL
cases which act as hubs. Week 1 and two’s learning theme is based
on bowel cancer. The focus of week three is leukaemia and week
four centres around lung cancer.
Taking these recommendations into consideration the main