PMID- 14761176
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20040226
LR  - 20041117
IS  - 0022-0337 (Print)
IS  - 0022-0337 (Linking)
VI  - 68
IP  - 1
DP  - 2004 Jan
TI  - Problem-based learning and research at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine: a 
      ten-year follow-up.
PG  - 71-6
AB  - Dental students at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) are required to 
      pursue and complete research projects in order to obtain the doctor of dental 
      medicine (D.M.D.) degree. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of 
      curriculum changes on a set of measurable outcomes related to research pursuits. 
      This study was designed as a retrospective analysis of outcomes data from the 
      period 1992-2002. The predictor variable was program format (non-PBL vs. PBL); 
      the outcome variables were the percentage of students listed as authors on an 
      IADR/AADR abstract during their tenure at HSDM and the percentage of students 
      listed as first and/or presenting authors. Univariate statistics were computed 
      for each class, and independent samples t-tests were used to compare the study 
      groups with regard to our outcomes. For the majority of our outcomes, there was 
      no statistically significant difference between the PBL and non-PBL groups, 
      possibly due to sample size limitations. While the implementation of PBL at HSDM 
      has not universally increased student productivity in research, it has not had an 
      adverse effect either. It is possible that students in the PBL curriculum are 
      nurturing other interests, such as community service, while retaining 
      productivity in research.
FAU - Susarla, Srinivas M
AU  - Susarla SM
AD  - Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 188 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115-5750, 
      USA.
FAU - Bergman, Adam V
AU  - Bergman AV
FAU - Howell, T Howard
AU  - Howell TH
FAU - Karimbux, Nadeem Y
AU  - Karimbux NY
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Dent Educ
JT  - Journal of dental education
JID - 8000150
SB  - IM
MH  - Dental Research/*education/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Education, Dental, Graduate/*methods/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Massachusetts
MH  - Problem-Based Learning/*methods/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Schools, Dental/organization & administration
EDAT- 2004/02/06 05:00
MHDA- 2004/02/27 05:00
CRDT- 2004/02/06 05:00
PHST- 2004/02/06 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/02/27 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/02/06 05:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Dent Educ. 2004 Jan;68(1):71-6.