2021 Volume 48 Issue 4 Pages 197-210
In 2019, to train medical interview skills, presentation skills, and clinical reasoning skills required for bedside learning (BSL) in medical schools, we developed practical Problem-Based Learning (PBL) using ICT (Information and Communication Technology). In our ICT-based PBL (ePBL), all students divided into groups simultaneously used their own devices to edit Google slides and solve a task regarding a fictional clinical case.
In addition to fill-in-the-blank questions about medical interviews and physical examinations, the students were also tasked with filming a role-play of an actual medical interview and examination technique. Some patient information (medical interview, neurological findings, heart murmurs, etc.) were presented in video and audio format to encourage students to analyze and verbalize the information.
In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all students were required to join ePBL courses from home using Google Meet for group communications. The situation made role-playing and video recording tasks more difficult, but the ePBL style of learning, including video viewing tasks using ICT and tutorless operations, received higher evaluations by students in 2020 than that in 2019. The ePBL educational method may therefore be able to solve some medical education problems in Japan.
