ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENT-GENERATED LEARNING ISSUES IN A PROBLEM-BASED CURRICULUM

In a problem-based curriculum students generate learning issues that a re the guidelines for their individual study. This study investigates the essential characteristics of learning issues and the importance th ey have in each year of training. Two (free response) questions about characteristics of learning issues were answered by medical students. The response was 69% (n = 495). Students reported three important char acteristics which were brought together in one definition: a useful le arning issue contains a keyword that demarcates the content of a certa in topic to be studied and is formulated concisely and unambiguously f or all members of the tutorial group. There were small differences in the importance of the characteristics between years of training.