A experiência com o uso do e-learning na aprendizagem baseada em problemas de um curso de medicina

Abstract

Introduction: The Problem-Based Learning (PBL) has been stimulating transformations in medical school curricula since the 1960s. Nowadays, new educational technologies (ET) multiply and enhance different ways of teaching and learning. In health courses, the advancement of ET produced the Hybrid PBL, a methodology that uses e-learning resources combining distance and classroom activities to actively promote teaching-learning. Objective: To report the experience of using e-learning resources in PBL in a medical school. Method: Describe and analyze the experience of using embedded e-learning as a facilitating and integrating strategy for PBL in the undergraduate medical course recently implemented in the Northeast of Brazil. Result: E-learning strategies are used in all steps of PBL, either as a registration tool or as a mediation for virtual discussions, facilitating the interaction and collective construction of knowledge, providing different learning experiences for students with different learning styles. Conclusion: The flexibility of time and space when carrying out activities at a distance expands the possibilities of teaching and learning by touching aspects such as interaction between students, depth of discussions and involvement in the tutorial process.