چکیده (انگلیسی):

Purpose. Professional health science educational programs have utilized numerous learning
strategies including journals, practice patterns, problem-based learning (PBL), case-studies, and
hypothesis-oriented algorithm for clinicians (HOAC) (Shepard et al., 2002). While, these learning
strategies have found a place in the health science educational curriculums they have not been
utilized in the clinic with patients. This essay provides a brief overview on the tenets of small
group work associated with PBL and offers insight into how small groups may be used in the
clinic as a teaching strategy. Importance. While this essay does not offer data to support the use
of small group work as a learning technique for the promotion of patient problem solving it does
provide a medium for the exchange of ideas which may lead to future research in this area.