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Expanding Our Roles: Embedded In Curriculum Design, Gisela Butera, Alexandra Gomes, Thomas Harrod, Seema Kakar, Julia B. Frank, Jennifer Owens
Expanding Our Roles: Embedded In Curriculum Design, Gisela Butera, Alexandra Gomes, Thomas Harrod, Seema Kakar, Julia B. Frank, Jennifer Owens
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Objectives To describe how librarians became involved in helping to design curriculum for Problem- Based Learning (PBL) Course for first- and second-year medical students. Librarians became part of a team collaborating with medical faculty to revise the PBL curriculum, incorporating innovative teaching techniques and creating effective simulated patient case scenarios.
Methods In August 2010, the PBL Director contacted the Library to help revise 10 cases for second-year problem-based learning course. Two librarians joined the PBL multi-disciplinary curriculum team meeting bi-weekly to create and revise medical tutor and student guides, and case modules. The cases successfully evolved from paper handouts to …