• E Fasce, M Calderón, L Braga, M De Orúe, H Mayer, H Wagemann, and S Cid.
• Departamento de Educación Médica, Departamento de Fisica, Facultades de Medicina y Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Concepción. efasce@udec.cl
• Rev Med Chil. 2001 Sep 1;129(9):1031-7.

BackgroundProblem based learning, integrating basic science with clinical problems, is one of the most recommended forms of teaching for medical schools.AimTo compare a problem based learning program for physics with traditional teaching methods.Material And MethodsIn the physics course, first year medical students were separated in groups with traditional learning and problem based teaching. Both groups were subjected to the same knowledge and qualitative evaluations.ResultsAt the end of the course, cognitive performance in both groups was similar (60.8 and 61.3% among traditional teaching and problem based learning groups respectively). However, students assigned to the problem based learning group evaluated significantly better the teaching methodology and process.ConclusionsPhysics education, using problem based learning, obtains the same cognitive results but a higher degree of satisfaction than traditional teaching among students.

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