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Welcome to the second edition of Problem-Based Behavioral Sciences and Clinical Psychiatry: A Review for Medical Students! In this chapter, our aim is to illustrate how the problem-based learning process works so that you can apply it to other cases in this textbook.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychiatry, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i, 1356 Lusitana Street, University Tower 4th Floor, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA

    Anthony P. S. Guerrero MD

  2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Nevada School of Medicine, 1664 N. Virginia Street, MS 0426, Reno, NV, 89557-0426, USA

    Melissa Piasecki

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaiʻi, HONOLULU, Hawaii, USA

    Daniel Alicata

  2. School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA

    Negar Jacobs

  3. John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaiʻi, HONOLULU, Hawaii, USA

    Anthony Guerrero

  4. School of Medicine, University of Nevada, RENO, Nevada, USA

    Melissa Piasecki

Appendices

Appendix A: PBL Worksheet to Guide Case Studies

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Appendix B: Tables with Possible Answers to the Vignettes

Case Vignette 1.1: Presenting Situation Melanie Crystal

Learning Issue Table 1.1

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Appendix C: Online resource for additional PBL worksheets

http://www.laney.edu/wp/environmental_control_tech/ect-nsf-initiative/ect-nsf-labs/pbl/ worksheets/#overview

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Guerrero, A., Piasecki, M. (2016). How to Use This Book. In: Alicata, D., Jacobs, N., Guerrero, A., Piasecki, M. (eds) Problem-based Behavioral Science and Psychiatry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23669-8_1

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