Dias, Hermínia BritesChagas, Isabel2016-01-032016-01-032005-08Dias HB, Chagas I. PBL in healthcare sciences: a case study on curriculum innovation. In AMEE 2005, in collaboration with Vrije Universiteit and the VU university medical center, Amsterdam, RAI Congress Centre Amsterdam (The Netherlands), 30 August-3 September 2005http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/5463Students of a Cardiopulmonary Sciences curriculum in a Portuguese higher education institution have shown poor learning outcomes and low satisfaction on a course about lung function tests. A transmissive pedagogical approach, mainly based on lectures, was the common teaching practice. Aiming for a change, PBL was considered as a powerful alternative and also as a contribution for progressively innovating the curriculum. Purpose: to create PBL activities in a lung function tests course. to describe their implementation, to analyse the effects of PBL integration in students’ performance and attitudes, to characterize the generated learning environment.engHealthcare sciencesProblem-based learningPBLAcademic curriculumconference object