Manfaat dan Hambatan Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Menurut Perspektif Mahasiswa Baru di Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Riau

Abstract

Problem-based learning (PBL) has been adopted in medical faculty and sometimes produced students’ anxieties. This
qualitative research will gathered the information of students’ condition based on their perspectives in strengths and
difficulties of adapting PBL in Medical Faculty of Riau University. Data were collected by questionnaires and reflective
assay. These data will be analyzed and grouped based on the themes and meaning by researcher. Result showed that the
strengths of PBL based on students perspectives were increasing in skill of teamwork, speaking, active learning,
communicating, and critical thinking. In the other hand, students’ perspectives of PB L difficulties after first tutorial
were internal types such as lack of knowledge in PBL and in topic of discussion, but after first session, the difficulties
were external types such as; heavy workload, limited sources of literatures.