LETTER TO THE EDITOR

From traditional to modern: easing students transition to problem-based learning P roblem-based learning (PBL) is an innovative and contemporary method of learning that has become more prevalent within health profes-sions education, with some medical schools in the United Kingdom (UK) now teaching a fully integrated PBL curriculum (1). This approach combines learning with the development of inter-personal skills in a small group setting (2), and evidence suggests that PBL contri-butes to superior student examination performance when compared to a traditional, lecture-based pedagogy (3, 4). In 2012, we conducted a cross-sectional study o