Section 3. Content and curriculum

Abstract

When discussing innovations in medical education, one can easily get the feeling that problem-solving as an educational technique is a new thing. But problem-solving has been used as an educational technique in medical education for many years, although during the last period of time the meaning of the term has changed. Nowadays, the term is used not only to describe how the symptoms and signs are put together to make a diagnosis, but also to imply an awareness and the way medical students are taught to use these stages and techniques. This discussion group concludes that problemsolving is a process and that its stages can be summarized as follows.