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"Overwhelmingly, students enjoy CBL and think that it enhances their learning. The empirical data taken as a whole are inconclusive as to the effects on learning compared with other types of activity. Teachers enjoy CBL, partly because it engages, and is perceived to motivate, students. CBL seems to foster learning in small groups though whether this is the case delivery or the group learning effect is unclear."

Google Book access to the guide for team based learning in health professions by the "founder" of TBL Larry K. Michaelsen

This review covers a number of the theories behind the use of PBL in the classroom. The authors extensively review these theories so you get a more detailed sense of the design behind PBL rather than superficial explanations.

This is a newsletter from the Stanford University Center for Teaching and Learning. It details their experience with PBL. I particularly liked the description of the "ill-structured" problem used in their courses.

This website is very useful for those who are wanting instruction on how to integrate PBL into the classroom. It contains many resources including sample lesson plans, demonstrations, and sample problems.

While this article does not relate directly to being a preceptor, it describes the success of a model of experiential learning within pharmacy- layered learner model. This model mirrors the medical team model with a pharmacy "attending" down to pharmacy students. It provides a way to get students more involved in direct patient care during your rotation. In the study, a community hospital was able to accept more students with this model and assign a small group of patients to each. Students were able to serve as pharmacist extenders by obtaining medication histories and providing patient education. This model allowed an expansion of comprehensive pharmacy services to numerous patients that would not have been otherwise reached. There was an improvement in HCAHPS scores within the "communication of medication" domain, an increase in patient interventions, and allowed for an expansion of the discharge prescription program. By utilizing the concepts of more direct patient care, preceptors are able to provide valuable opportunities to students and improve patient care.