American medical educator who pioneered problem-based learning at McMaster University's medical school beginning in 1971, later continuing the work as professor emeritus at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Barrows argued that medical training should emulate the reasoning of a skilled practitioner, having students work through authentic clinical problems rather than receive discipline-based lectures first. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionPioneered problem-based learning in medical education at McMaster University from 1971, establishing a model later adopted across medical and professional schools worldwide. 1 Connections
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Howard S. Barrows (March 28, 1928 – March 25, 2011) was an American physician and medical educator who was Professor Emeritus at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine where he had previously served as Associate Dean for Educational Affairs and Chair of Medical Education.
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Howard S. Barrows (March 28, 1928, March 25, 2011) was an American physician and medical educator who was Professor Emeritus at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine where he had previously served as Associate Dean for Educational Affairs and Chair of Medical Education.
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Trained as a neurologist, Barrows is best known today for his many innovations in medical education, particularly teaching using Problem-Based Learning (PBL), developed while he was a professor at McMaster University Medical School, assessing clinical skills working with simulated patients, and studying clinical reasoning using stimulated recall techniques.
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Howard S. Barrows, credited with originating problem-based learning at McMaster
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