I help universities, colleges of medicine, and health-science faculties design, implement, and evaluate problem-based learning (PBL) programmes that produce clinicians who can reason, not just recall. Drawing on three decades as a professor, PBL coordinator, and curriculum committee lead at the Arabian Gulf University — and as author of a 551-page PBL microbiology textbook — I provide practical, implementable curriculum and faculty-development solutions on a fractional basis, tailored to your institution's timeline and goals.
Problem-based learning, when designed well, produces clinicians who reason rather than memorise. My approach is evidence-based and implementable: I have published peer-reviewed work on curriculum reform and on the comparison of online and face-to-face teaching, and trained faculty cohorts in PBL facilitation. The aim is never a curriculum document that sits on a shelf, but a teaching programme your faculty can run and your students benefit from.
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It starts with defining the graduate competencies your programme should deliver, then structuring the curriculum into organ- and systems-based blocks, developing clinical cases with learning objectives and tutor guides, and aligning assessment to the method. Engagements can cover the full curriculum or a single block as a pilot.
For a full undergraduate curriculum, expect roughly three to six months to design the framework and first cases, a semester to pilot, and a further year to refine across a full cohort.
Both. Facilitator skill is the single biggest predictor of whether a PBL programme succeeds, so most engagements include hands-on faculty development — practice tutorials, case guides, and ongoing calibration.
Yes. Engagements are available remotely and in-person to universities, health ministries, and health-science faculties worldwide, with particular familiarity with the Gulf and wider Middle East context.
I would welcome a conversation about how I can help.
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