Problem-based teaching and learning. An opportunity for medical psychology, psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy as well

All proposals for a reform of the study of medicine recommend problem-based teaching and learning methods. The rapid increase in the number of medical faculties abroad offering experimental courses along these lines is an ind icator of their usefulness. The results of empirical research also suggest that departments of medical psychology, psychosomatic medicine and psychoth erapy should participate more closely in the introduction and exploration o f the advantages of this didactic approach.