Design and Practice of an Integrated PBL-CBL Teaching Approach in Hospital Administration

Rongjun Zhou; Jiali Zheng; Mengting Xu

doi:10.6918/IJOSSER.202611_9(11).0027

Authors

Rongjun Zhou Clinical College of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230031, China
Jiali Zheng Clinical College of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230031, China
Mengting Xu Clinical College of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230031, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6918/IJOSSER.202611_9(11).0027

Keywords:

Hospital Administration; Problem-Based Learning; Case-Based Learning; integrated instruction; scenario simulation.

Abstract

In the training of health management talents, traditional lecture-based teaching is often difficult to improve their ability to analyze complex problems. To solve this problem, in the " medical dispute management " unit of " hospital management, " we explored a new model of deep integration of PBL and CBL. Simply, it is to nest the two methods through parallel ' problem chain ' and ' case chain '. There are three innovations in this model : the first is to introduce fishbone diagram as a tool to help students find the reason structuredly .Secondly, based on Kolbe 's learning cycle, four simulation scenarios are designed to extend learning from theoretical analysis to practical exercises. The third is to construct a two-dimensional evaluation system.

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