758Original Article

The principal difference between problem-basedlearning (PBL) and traditional education is more frequent interaction between the tutors and the stu-dents. The school, which once supplied only the classroom, plays a more active role in the education of students. It has been proposed that PBL education may offer a new and superior form of education to medical students. PBL is an educational method that can be considered as an alternative to the traditional, discipline-based, approach to teaching.(1-8