?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Support+of+a+Problem-Based+Learning+Curriculum+by+Basic+Science+Faculty&rft.creator=Anderson+Ph.D%2C+William+L.&rft.creator=Glew++Ph.D.%2C+Robert+H.&rft.subject=MEO+Peer+Reviewed&rft.description=Although+published+reports+describe+benefits+to+students+of+learning+in+a+problem-based%2C+student-centered+environment%2C+questions+have+persisted+about+the+excessive+faculty+time+commitments+associated+with+the+implementation+of+PBL+pedagogy.+The+argument+has+been+put+forward+that+the+excessive+faculty+costs+of+such+a+curriculum+cannot+be+justified+based+upon+the+potential+benefits+to+students.+However%2C+the+magnitude+of+the+faculty+time+commitment+to+a+PBL+curriculum+to+support+the+aforementioned+argument+is+not+clear+to+us+and+we+suspect+that+it+is+also+equally+unclear+to+individuals+charged+with+making+resource+decisions+supporting+the+educational+efforts+of+the+institution.+Therefore%2C+to+evaluate+this+cost+-+benefit+question%2C+we+analyzed+the+actual+basic+science+faculty+time+commitment+in+a+hybrid+PBL+curriculum+during+the+first+phase+18+months+of+undergraduate+medical+education.+The+results+of+this+analysis+do+demonstrate+an+increase+in+faculty+time+commitments+but+do+not+support+the+argument+that+PBL+pedagogy+is+excessively+costly+in+terms+of+faculty+time.+For+the+year+analyzed+in+this+report%2C+basic+science+faculty+members+contributed+on+average+of+27.4+hours+to+the+instruction+of+medical+students.+The+results+of+the+analysis+did+show+significant+contributions+(57%25+of+instructional+time)+by+the+clinical+faculty+during+the+initial+18+months+of+medical+school.+In+addition%2C+the+data+revealed+a+four-fold+difference+between+time+commitments+of+the+four+basic+science+departments.+We+conclude+that+a+PBL+curriculum+does+not+place+unreasonable+demands+on+the+time+of+basic+science+faculty.+The+demands+on+clinical+faculty%2C+in+the+context+of+their+other+commitments%2C+could+not+be+evaluated.+Moreover%2C+this+type+of+analysis+provides+a+tool+that+can+be+used+to+make+faculty+resource+allocation+decisions+fairly.&rft.date=2002-11&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2588%2F1%2Fres00031.pdf&rft.identifier=++Anderson+Ph.D%2C+William+L.+and+Glew+Ph.D.%2C+Robert+H.++(2002)+Support+of+a+Problem-Based+Learning+Curriculum+by+Basic+Science+Faculty.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2588%2F