Step-by-Step Guide to Case-Based Collaborative Learning (CBCL)

Dr. Henrike C. Besche is a Lecturer in Cell Biology and the Associate Director for Curriculum Integration in the Program of Medical Education at Harvard Medical School. In her role she is responsible for various aspects of basic science teaching in the pre- and post-clerkship HMS Pathways curriculum. Her work ranges from curriculum and faculty development to teaching in the Foundations Course, a basic science course in the pre-clerkship curriculum. Dr. Besche is an expert in case-based collaborative learning and works closely with other faculty on case writing and facilitation. Dr. Richard M. Schwartzstein is the Ellen and Melvin Gordon Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at Harvard Medical School and Executive Director of the Shapiro Institute for Education and Research at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Schwartzstein first piloted the CBCL format in his course “Integrated Human Physiology, “and chaired the steering committee that developed the Pathways curriculum at Harvard Medical School. He is also the chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard-affiliated teaching hospitalDr. Randall W. King is the Harry C. McKenzie Professor of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School. He co-chaired the subcommittee on Curricular Content and Organization as part of the Pathways curriculum redesign. He directs the Foundations Course, which introduces first-year students to ten basic science disciplines in an integrated format using the CBCL approach. In addition, he directs an Advanced Integrated Science Course on Cancer Biology, taken by students in the post-clerkship phase of the curriculum.Dr. Melanie P. Hoenig is an Associate Professor of Medicine and co-chaired the steering committee that developed the Pathways curriculum at Harvard Medical School and is now the course director for the pre-clinical course, Homeostasis II which combines endocrine, renal and gastrointestinal physiology and pathophysiology taught in the CBCL format. Dr. Hoenig practices nephrology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital.Dr. Barbara A. Cockrill is the George E. Thibault Academy Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Faculty Development in Medical Education for the MD Program at Harvard Medical School. In addition to providing training and support for HMS teaching faculty in all phases of the curriculum, she is also a course director for a pre-clinical pathophysiology course taught in the CBCL format.  Dr. Cockrill is practices pulmonary and critical medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital.

• Preface.- Chapter 1. What is Case-based collaborative learning (CBCL)?.- Chapter 2. Step-by-step guide to creating CBCL modules.- Chapter 3. Facilitating CBCL discussions.- Chapter 4. Variations on CBCL.