Learning based on the solution to problems: Cuban professors experiences with medical students from Ghana

Dora Lidia Arce Gómez; Odalys Rivera Hernández; Ana Barroetabeña Reyes; María de los Ángeles Castellanos González

2012, Number 01

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MediSan 2012; 16 (01)

Learning based on the solution to problems: Cuban professors' experiences with medical students from Ghana

Arce GDL, Rivera HO, Barroetabeña RA, Castellanos GMA

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Learning based on the solution to problems in the new universities of medical sciences constitutes a progressive step in teaching, since it allows to develop and to improve didactic abilities in the students; an experience which was applied by Cuban professors in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Tamale (Ghana) during the period 2008-2010 and discussed in this paper.

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