My initial predictions and understanding of learning styles and problem-based learning (PBL) have greatly changed after taking the Clinical Integration of Basic Science (CIBS) course. Different from the traditional classroom or discussion sections in an undergraduate environment, this course went beyond just reading a problem beforehand and sharing your opinion amongst peers during section. In CIBS, students learn and gain skills by working for a long period of time to investigate and interactively respond to an open-ended realistic problem. With no right or wrong answers, we are able to identify the facts, generate ideas, and list strategies in integrating basic science knowledge and evaluating a clinical case. We put these ideas into a learning need to address what we need to know, research them, and proceed to find a solution to these real world problems.
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From working with other classmates, we are able to identify symptoms and signs that are associated with diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, glaucoma, or neuropathy. Rather than learning it through slides or through classroom lecture, discussing the problem at hand and research ideas made it much easier to learn. I am better able to piece together information by reading a list of facts about a patient and know that this patient may or may not have a certain condition. Overall, the impact of this PBL process has improved on my critical thinking ability and my own personal approach of receiving and processing information. I am better able to self-evaluate what methods to use and adopt to help me be successful not only in optometry school, but also when I’m practicing as a Doctor of
From working with other classmates, we are able to identify symptoms and signs that are associated with diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, glaucoma, or neuropathy. Rather than learning it through slides or through classroom lecture, discussing the problem at hand and research ideas made it much easier to learn. I am better able to piece together information by reading a list of facts about a patient and know that this patient may or may not have a certain condition. Overall, the impact of this PBL process has improved on my critical thinking ability and my own personal approach of receiving and processing information. I am better able to self-evaluate what methods to use and adopt to help me be successful not only in optometry school, but also when I’m practicing as a Doctor of