Sadia Haroon, Sadaf Jaffer, Sadaf Hasan, Quratulain Zia, Mohammad Usman.
Comparison of Students’ Performance in PBL test and Traditional test in Islamabad Medical and Dental College, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Rawal Med J Jan ;40(1):101-3.

Objectives: To compare the result of students by problem based learning (PBL) and traditional based learning (TBL) methods. Methodology: This comparative study was done from January 2013- March 2013.The subjects were 102 students from first year MBBS. A test on the topic, ‘Physico-chemical aspect and acid base balance` was taken using traditional methods, including MCQ`s and SEQ`s. The same topic was assessed using problem based method through different scenarios. The scores were compared. Results: In PBL assessment 90% of the students passed, whereas 3.2% failed. In the TBL test 88 % of the students passed, and 11 of them failed. Mean SD score difference between the tests was highly significant (p<0001). Conclusion: The performance in PBL assessment was better than the traditional assessment.

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