Problem-based learning as an effective learning tool in community medicine: Initiative in a private medical college of a developing country

• Main Authors: Nitin Joseph (Author), Sharada Rai (Author), Deepak Madi (Author), Kamalakshi Bhat (Author), Shashidhar M Kotian (Author), Supriya Kantharaju (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Knowledge of community medicine is essential for health care professionals to function as efficient primary health care physicians. Medical students learning Community Medicine as a subject are expected to be competent in critical thinking and generic skills so as to analyze community he...