Case-Based Learning: An Immersive and Effective Educational Approach

We read with great interest the article by Fromke and colleagues ( 1 Fromke E.J. Jordan S.G. Awan O.A. Case-based learning: its importance in medical student education. Acad Radiol. 2022; 29: 1284-1286 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Google Scholar ) in which case-based learning (CBL) is described as a successful method to teach radiology to medical students, especially to reduce the gap between textbook knowledge and its clinical application. Nevertheless, with the exponential growth in the clinical workload, the opportunities to teach become more limited, forcing medical students to engage in independent study. It has been shown that CBL requires previous knowledge of the topic being studied, while in problem-based learning (PBL), the student acquires the basic knowledge of the pathology being studied ( 2 Burgess A. Matar E. Roberts C. Haq I. Wynter L. Singer J. et al. Scaffolding medical student knowledge and skills: team-based learning (TBL) and case-based learning (CBL). BMC Med Educ. 2021; 21: 238 Crossref PubMed Scopus (23) Google Scholar ).