Team Based-Learning (TBL) as a primary strategy for the development of generic competences in medical students: the Peruvian case.

摘要

An important challenge in the training of future physicians is the development of competences such as communication, team work, critical thinking and self-learning. Although most doctors manage to acquire them in the long term, it would be an important advantage to ensure their proper development from an early learning stage. In an attempt to address this issue, different methodologies such as the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) have emerged. However, it is known that the implementation (Finucane et al. 2009) of this methodology has not been successfully led in some international experiences due to its high cost in comparison with the more traditional approach of the master class. On the other hand, the average medical student in Peru is between one and three years younger than medical students from other realities worldwide, comes from a very traditional education and thus, finds it very hard to adapt to the PBL pedagogy at the university.