Paramedic Education – is Dynamic Problem Based Learning the Way Forward?

Mark Dixon, Frank Keane, Andrew Taylor

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.32378/ijp.v1i2.41

Abstract

The authors outline the unique approach to problem based learning adopted by the Paramedic Studies Department in the Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick.

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paramedic;education;problem-based learning;case

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