SynthesisBMC medical education2025
Critical thinking and clinical skills by problem-based learning educational methods: an umbrella systematic review.
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- Convergent thinking, divergent thinking, and openness to experience as predictors of academic success among high-achieving and typical-achieving medical students.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Learning strategies, study behaviors, and academic performance among medical students in Jordan: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Students' competencies in Problem-Based Learning influence evaluation of tutors.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- A perspective on improving the teaching quality of aerospace cardiovascular medicine courses.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Factors Shaping Learning Enthusiasm of the Medical Students: A Comparative Study of Eight-Year and Five-Year Programs.Advances in medical education and practice · 2026Article
- Problem-Based Learning: A Case of Acral Melanoma.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2026Article
- Student motivations and identity in biomedical sciences: a social cognitive careers theory approach.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- [Exploring the Core Influencing Factors in the Cultivation of Critical Thinking Skills Among Medical Students Using the Grounded Theory and the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2025Article
- The self-assessment of critical thinking disposition and the needs for training: a cross-sectional survey of clinical nurses.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Just-in-Time Teaching as a Learning Tool for First MBBS Students in Biochemistry.International journal of applied & basic medical researchArticle
- Undergraduates' perceptions of problem-based learning approach to developing skills and attitude at a College of Medicine in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.Journal of family & community medicineArticle
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Abstract
introductionProblem-based learning (PBL), based on self-directed learning, is an instructional strategy that shifts the approach from the instructor to the student (student-centered). Notwithstanding its adoption in undergraduate and graduate medical education, its usefulness remains a topic of debate. This study aims to review current worldwide data on the efficacy and utility of critical thinking and clinical skills using PBL educational methods for teaching programs to undergraduate medical students, ursing students, dental students and medical residents.
methodsThe search was conducted in June 2024 in PubMed, Cochrane, Embase, and Web of Science and included all publications regardless of the publication date, study design, or country of origin.
resultsThirteen meta-analyses and systematic reviews were compiled through database screening. The results showed that PBL effectively enhanced students' clinical skills and critical thinking abilities; nevertheless, further evidence is needed to confirm this finding.
conclusionPBL may be a successful and an effective instructional strategy, not only medical, but also nursing and dental education. Students can learn skills and acquire competencies useful for their medical professionalism through PBL in addition to their existing knowledge.
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