The Harvard Connection: How the Case Method Spawned Problem-Based Learning at McMaster University

The Harvard Connection: How the Case Method Spawned Problem-Based Learning at McMaster University

This paper proposes a historical analysis of the connection and differences between the Harvard case method in medical education and business education and the original problem-based learning method of McMaster University as it was developed in the late 1960s. The article focuses on the pedagogy of...

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Main Author: Virginie F.C. Servant-Miklos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:Health Professions Education
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452301118300956
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spelling doaj-333e3981040e4438b88558bebc6a77502020-11-25T00:44:06ZengElsevierHealth Professions Education2452-30112019-09-0153163171The Harvard Connection: How the Case Method Spawned Problem-Based Learning at McMaster UniversityVirginie F.C. Servant-Miklos0Correspondence to: Aalborg Centre for PBL in Engineering Science and Sustainability, Aalborg University, Rendsburggade 14, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark.; Erasmus University College, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Aalborg Centre for Problem-based Learning in Engineering Science and Sustainability, Aalborg University, DenmarkThis paper proposes a historical analysis of the connection and differences between the Harvard case method in medical education and business education and the original problem-based learning method of McMaster University as it was developed in the late 1960s. The article focuses on the pedagogy of Harvard Medical School in 1900, Harvard Business School in 1920 and McMaster University in 1969, giving an account of how the respective approaches of these institutions became entangled yet divergent. Using data from archive materials and oral history accounts, a history of the pedagogical connection between Harvard and McMaster is drawn focusing on the use of cases versus problems. The paper concludes by arguing that specific innovations in PBL compared with the case method justify considering them as separate educational methods rather than more of the same. Keywords: case method, problem-based learning, harvardhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452301118300956
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title_short The Harvard Connection: How the Case Method Spawned Problem-Based Learning at McMaster University
title_full The Harvard Connection: How the Case Method Spawned Problem-Based Learning at McMaster University
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description This paper proposes a historical analysis of the connection and differences between the Harvard case method in medical education and business education and the original problem-based learning method of McMaster University as it was developed in the late 1960s. The article focuses on the pedagogy of Harvard Medical School in 1900, Harvard Business School in 1920 and McMaster University in 1969, giving an account of how the respective approaches of these institutions became entangled yet divergent. Using data from archive materials and oral history accounts, a history of the pedagogical connection between Harvard and McMaster is drawn focusing on the use of cases versus problems. The paper concludes by arguing that specific innovations in PBL compared with the case method justify considering them as separate educational methods rather than more of the same. Keywords: case method, problem-based learning, harvard
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