HOUSESTAFF ATTITUDES TOWARD A PROBLEM-BASED CLERKSHIP

Problem-based learning (PBL) sessions for students were recently incor porated into the third-year Internal Medicine Clerkship at the Univers ity of Kentucky. It was of interest to know how this addition would af fect the educational experience of the housestaff. Therefore, in Febru ary 1994, 53 Internal Medicine housestaff were surveyed on their attit udes towards the PBL-oriented Internal Medicine Clerkship. It was foun d that housestaff perceived the clerkship change negatively. Housestaf f believed that the new curriculum interfered with student participati on on the ward team and with their ability to teach students. Housesta ff strongly believed that students learn clinical medicine best on war d teams seeing patients rather than through PBL.