Effectiveness of online problem based learning (O-PBL) in undergraduate physiotherapy education
Corresponding Author(s) : Krupa M.Soni
krupasoni1489@gmail.com
International Journal of Allied Medical Sciences and Clinical Research,
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2020): 2020 Volume 8- Issue -2
Abstract
Currently, there is limited evidence about the effectiveness of online problem based learning (O-PBL) in undergraduate physiotherapy education that may help the educators and students in this unusual pandemic situation due to Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak and lock down situation in India. We describe the utility of O- PBL an online version of problem based learning as a teaching tool to supplement the existing online teaching techniques. After two problems based learning scenarios and discussion we evaluated its effectiveness through the feedback from participating students about what they liked or what they didn’t like about O-PBL as a teaching tool. We found that O-PBL offered positive benefits for students, high level of motivation and self directed learning to apply theoretical knowledge frame work to solve clinical problems with effective team work.
Keywords
Physiotherapy
Online
Problem based learning
Undergraduate
Effectiveness
learning
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Krupa M.Soni. Effectiveness of online problem based learning (O-PBL) in undergraduate physiotherapy education. Int. J. of Allied Med. Sci. and Clin. Res. [Internet]. 2020 Aug. 15 [cited 2025 Jul. 13];8(2):223-6. Available from: https://ijamscr.com/ijamscr/article/view/853
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[3]. Ligija Kaminskien? , Aušra Janulien?: Problem-based learning in the academic setting: language teaching issues Santalka. Filologija. Edukologija. 2006, 1822-4318.
[4]. J.R. Savery, T.M. Duffy: Problem based learning: an instructional model and its constructivist framework Educ Technol,35(5), 1995, 31-37.
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[6]. D. Dolmans, W. De Grave, I. Wolfhagen, C.P.M. van der Vleuten: Problem-based learning: future challenges for educational practice and research Med Educ.39 (7), 2005, 732-741.
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Krupa M S et al / Int. J. of Allied Med. Sci. and Clin. Research Vol-8(2) 2020 [223-226]
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[3]. Ligija Kaminskien? , Aušra Janulien?: Problem-based learning in the academic setting: language teaching issues Santalka. Filologija. Edukologija. 2006, 1822-4318.
[4]. J.R. Savery, T.M. Duffy: Problem based learning: an instructional model and its constructivist framework Educ Technol,35(5), 1995, 31-37.
[5]. E.H.J. Yew, H.G. Schmidt: Evidence for constructive, self-regulatory, and collaborative processes in problem-based learning Adv Health Sci Educ, 14(2), 2009, 251-273
[6]. D. Dolmans, W. De Grave, I. Wolfhagen, C.P.M. van der Vleuten: Problem-based learning: future challenges for educational practice and research Med Educ.39 (7), 2005, 732-741.
[7]. D. Dolmans, W.H. Gijselaers, J.H.C. Moust, W.S. De Grave, I. Wolfhagen, C.P.M. Van der Vleuten: Trends in research on the tutor in problem-based learning: conclusions and implications for educational practice and research. Med Teach. 24(2), 2002, 173-180.
[8]. F. Dochy, M. Segers, P. Van den Bossche, D. Gijbels: Effects of problem-based learning: a meta-analysis. Learn Instr, 13(5), 2003, 533-568.
[9]. Neville AJ. Problem-based learning and medical education forty years on - A review of its effects on knowledge and clinical performance. Med Princ Pract18, 2009, 1-9.
[10]. Gettleman, Jeffrey; Schultz, Kai: Modi Orders 3-Week Total Lockdown for All 1.3 Billion Indians. The New York Times. 2020: ISSN 0362-4331.
Krupa M S et al / Int. J. of Allied Med. Sci. and Clin. Research Vol-8(2) 2020 [223-226]
226
[11]. Schmidt HG, Rotgans JI, Yew EH: The process of problem-based learning: What works and why. Med Educ 45, 2011, 792-806.
[12]. Chandramohan P. Medical education in India at crossroads: Issues and solutions. Arch Med Health Sci 1, 2013, 80-84.
[13]. Diana F Wood: Problem based learning. BMJ. 2(8), 2003, 326(7384), 328-330.
[14]. Aleksandra K. M?cznik, Daniel Cury Ribeiro & G. David Baxter: Online technology use in physiotherapy teaching and learning: a systematic review of effectiveness and users’ perceptions. Medical Education. 15, 2015, 160.
[15]. https://citl.illinois.edu/citl-101/teaching-learning/resources/teaching-strategies/problem-based-learning-(pbl) assessed on 2020.
[16]. Bader Shamsan, A.T. Syed: Evaluation of Problem Based Learning Course