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Background: Problem-based learning (PBL) has introduced as an importnat part of pharmacy education in Korea as it is effective method to help students gain and apply knowledge with development of problem-solving, critical-thinking, and decision-making skills. In order to provide the effective PBL, a number of trained facilitators and suitable PBL rooms are required. However, these become a barrier in Korea as most pharmacy schools have one or two faculty members who majored in clinical pharmacy. Objective: This study was perfomed to implement and evaluate a modified PBL in gastrointestinal (GI) pharmacotherapy class facilitated by one instructor. Methods: A general information of traditional PBL for 6 hours through 3 days is introduced before initiatiing GI pharmacotherapy class. After 3 hour-GI pharmacotherapy classes for 6 weeks, modified PBL was implemented with one instructor to facilitate PBL for four small groups with 19 pharmacy students simultaneously. Modified PBL was incorporated with weekly mini-case discussion and presentation. Results: Students completed 15-question survey to evaluate modifed PBL course, student performance, group performance, and facilitator performance. Eighty-four percent of students answered modified PBL was helpful to understand what they have learned. Mean score in group performance was higher than that of individual performance during modified PBL course. Overall, students reported modified PBL was useful in knowledge building. Conclusion: Modifed PBL model without individual group facilitators in one classroom helped students to achieve selfdirected, independent learning skills in an interactive and engaging environment.

PBL은 문제 해결과정에서 학생들의 능동적인 학습을 유도하는 공과대학의 전공 프로젝트 수업에서 매우 유용할 것으로 기대되지만 여러 가지 현실적인 어려움 때문에 활발하게 활용되지 못하고 있다. 따라서 UX 디자인 프로세스를 실습하는 전공과목을 대상으로 변형된 PBL을 적용한 수업을 설계하고 조정된 수업 모형을 제안하였다. 수업에서는 이론 강의와 함께 두 번의 PBL 실습을 실시한다. 변형된 내용은 문제 설계를 교수자가 아니라 매주 학생들 스스로 할 수 있도록 한 점과 두 번의 PBL 프로세스가 하나의 프로젝트로 구성되어 있다는 점이다. 공과대학만의 프로젝트 특성을 반영한 연구의 결과는 유사한 성격의 수업에서 현실적으로 활용 가능한 직접적인 자료가 될 수 있을 것이다. 향후 연구에서 평가 방법에 대한 추가적인 논의가 구체화될 필요가 있다.

PBL is expected to be very useful in the engineering project course that leads students to active learning in problem solving process. But it is not actively utilized because of various problems. In this study, modified PBL lectures were laid out for a course that practice UX design process. Modified PBL lectures provide theoretical class and two PBL practices. The variant is that the problem design is made by the students themselves on a weekly basis, rather than by the instructor, and that the two PBL processes consist of one project. The results of this study are meaningful as a basic data in PBL-based engineering college project class. Additional discussion of how to evaluate grades needs to be specified.