Some observations on a Hybrid PBL curriculum in medical education at Universiti Sains Malaysia

This paper presents observation made during a brief observation of the PBL programme at Universiti Sains Malaysia Faculty of Medicine. It provides a classification for the type of PBL offered at USM, highlights the main aspects of the tutorial process there and reviews the experience of students and tutors engaged in PBL at this Faculty. The paper proposes a series of recommendations with regards to the planned 2014 curricular reform.