Last year when I first entered this school, the lecturers introduced a learning system so called self-directed-non-dependant PBL session for all of us. I was thrilled at the beginning, but after attended several sessions, I found it’s just so-so. However my perception towards PBL changed when I come to this semester, when Dr. Ling becomes our facilitator.
Dr. Ling is a very special facilitator, he likes to emphasize on group interaction. Therefore on the first day, he had a very short ice-breaker with us before we started PBL. He asked us to write down 3 statements (1 false and 2 true) about ourselves on a paper. After everyone finished writing, we read them out and our colleagues needed to guess which one was the wrong statement. Of course there were lots of jokes and embarrassing moments in that ice-breaker, though it merely took 15 minutes to finish it. He also liked to give free stuff, the first session he gave ‘virus’ pen and the second sessions he gave notepad. On the third session, we didn’t play any games but Dr. Ling taught us universal love language, which apparently not useful for me now. Ask my PBL-mates if you wanna know, hehe!
On 4th session, all of us purposely went to PBL room 15 minutes earlier just in case Dr. Ling would have some fun activities for us. Guess what, this time he brought 10 different colors of balloons when he entered the room. After picking our favorite color, he taught us how to shape it into a rabbit. So we bent, stretched and squeezed the balloon till we satisfied with our production. It was really fun!
Rabbits of PBL
Thus on the last session, we planned to have a simple party to show our appreciation to Dr. Ling. We bought a cake from Berry’s, a card and 10 magic candles. Because of this party, all of us skipped the BS lecture without hesitation. During the party, Dr. Ling talked about morals and conscience that every doctor should have. He also shared his experience in teaching school and hospitals. In conclusion, we had fun as well as memorable take home message.
Thank you, Dr. Ling!
1 thought:
Go and study... still got time to blog. Ish..
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