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Hi. Thank you for sharing your personal experiences on this channel. You sound very frustrated with your current educational environment, which I think is symptomatic of the way that problem-based learning has been implemented by the teacher(s) in your institution. Problem-based learning requires support from teachers. Asking students to work independently on real-life problems that almost always involve complex subject matter and skill sets is a lot to ask. This requires modelling and ongoing support, which is doesn't sound like you have received. Another requirement is that students need to be engaged in the topics and to find them relevant and meaningful. Additionally, they need to have the ability to be able to learn independently from a teacher. Unfortunately, most schools still teach in very traditional, teacher-centered ways, which makes students almost entirely reliant on the teacher for pretty much their every action. What is more, students develop an unhealthy need to know that their every action is 'right'. They can become unable to proceed with a task with this constant reassurance. I would urge you, though, not to draw conclusions that something 'doesn't work' because of bad implementation by your school. It wouldn't still be used if it wasn't effective.

@Pear Tree Education Inc. I'm sorry, but no, it is not unhealthy to need to know my every action and insight is right. It's medical school! Literally, lives could depend on what I'm supposed to be learning. The simple truth is that problem based learning is dangerous and woefully lazy on the part of teachers who implement it. When they won't even answer a question for clarification, that is completely unacceptable. The topics are definitely relevant, heart lungs kidneys brain, the problem is there i a so much to know, and honestly, not only is there a medical licensing exam I need to pass that is very deep on the knowledge requirement, the problem based learning style is very shallow in its knowledge depth in addition to its lack of guidance. I self-taught myself a lot over the years by any school that chooses problem based learning over traditional style teaching should lose their accreditation.

@Pear Tree Education Inc. and btw, when I do finally become a doctor, my pet project/social hobby will be to do exactly that... idk how yet but I will do everything in manpower to make friends at accrediting bodies and pressure them to ditch PBL schools. I have seen plenty of graduates from PBL as well, and their lack of comprehensive knowledge is appalling, I literally had a doctor tell me you can't cut an immediate release oxycodone in half bc it would neutralize its effect...idiocy

As I say, your teachers should be supporting you, which it doesn't sound like they are. You are correct that you should be being taught things, which is something I mentioned previously; you can't implement what you don't know. At the same time, the point of PBL is to challenge you to apply what you know in real-life situations that don't have simple or single answers. There may be multiple solutions to a problem, but only one or two of them will lead to the best outcome. Additionally, in PBL, you shouldn't expect to be able to clarify your thoughts along the way. As I said, you're supposed to be applying your knowledge and skills in context and relying on each other as a team to problem solve. After having attempted to do so, you should receive feedback from your teacher and other peers on what your group did well and what it could have done better / differently. Again as I said, you can't draw the conclusion that PBL doesn't work because of your own experiences, since they are based on the poor implementation of that system.

And that's the danger of PBL, lazy implementation. But seriously, PBL is not a new concept. If it were actually practical or beneficial, it would be nearly universal given it came about, to my recollection, in the 60s?. What I know is that traditional lecture style teaching is effective, and given that the endpoints are nearly identical with the exception that traditional style covers more material, I would stick with traditional style over PBL every time. As a victim of PBL, I have unfortunate insight into how bad it can be. Amd in the medical field, it is incredibly dangerous to implement PBL when lives are at stake