Problem Based Learning (PBL) is a concept used to enhance multidisciplinary skills using planned problem scenarios, it is widely used in midwifery eduaction. It is an active way of learning that teaches students problem solving skills, while at the same time allowing them to acquire basic knowledge. PBL was first introduced in the late 1960s at McMaster University in North America, and has since spread around the world mainly in medical education.


The principal aims of implementing PBL are:

• To integrate knowledge and skills from a range of multidisciplinary modules
• To acquire knowledge through self-study
• To teach students how to work in groups and manage group projects
• To improve and develop transferable skills of students
• To develop problem solving skills of students
• To encourage self-motivation, curiosity and thinking
• And finally, to make learning fun!

Our SM.NET educational materials such as the workbook are designed in a PBL style to help you get more out of learning.

Problem based learning has many difference titles at different universities - one of these is Enquiry Based Learning (EBL)