Problem-Based Learning Workshop
2025 PBL WORKSHOP
(June 3 – 6, 2025)
The Facilitation and Evaluation of Problem Based-Learning
Brochure and Registration
“Have you been looking for a way to improve your PBL tutoring skill or
enhance the effectiveness of your PBL curriculum?”
Welcome to SIU SOM’s PBL Workshop!
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (SIU SOM) invites you to the Annual PBL workshop starting Tuesday, June 03, through Friday, June 06, 2025 (in person). Workshop participants come from various interdisciplinary backgrounds, creating a collaborative space for sharing problem-development ideas, institutional challenges, and creative solutions.
PBL Workshop Activities:
We believe that the effective management of the tutorial process and curriculum in PBL is particularly interesting for medical educators. In this hands-on workshop, faculty develop skills for integrating problem-based learning within their curriculum, including designing a problem-based curriculum, drafting essential problems, facilitating small groups, and assessing the PBL process and student learning outcomes. Through interactive skills sessions, faculty will also practice tutoring problems they are developing for their curriculum.
The 2025 PBL workshop will focus on the following:
- PBL tutor group facilitation training with students
- PBL case development and field testing
- PBL outcomes, curriculum design, evaluation, and IT infrastructure
- PBL innovation and institutional change management
Learning Engagement Strategies:
To maximize participants’ learning engagement and outcome, workshop facilitators employ various learning strategies, such as flipped classroom learning, small group discussion, individual and group consultations, and working sessions during the workshop. Participants will receive specific, constructive, and encouraging feedback during each learning activity from workshop facilitators throughout the workshop.
About PBL, Dr. Barrows, and SIU SOM:
PBL uses real-world, authentic problems to facilitate active learning, collaborative problem-solving, critical thinking, and real-time knowledge exploration. Dr. Howard Barrows, a seminal figure in PBL, implemented a PBL curriculum at SIU SOM. Since its onset to the present day, the university has improved this effective pedagogy and implemented educational innovations, such as simulated patients, pass/fail third-year curriculum, and programmatic assessment of student learning.
TENTATIVE DAILY SCHEDULE
(Central Standard Time, USA)
Day 1. Tuesday, June 03, 2025
7:30-8:00 Welcome and Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:50 Introduction to PBL
8:50-9:00 Break
9:00-10:00 Hands-On PBL 1 (Non-Medical Case Opening)
10:00-11:00 Self-Directed Learning
11:00-12:00 Hands-On PBL 2 (Non-Medical Case Closing)
12:00-13:00 Catered Lunch
13:00-14:45 PBL Effectiveness Evaluation (Consultation & Discussion)
15:00-16:00 PBL Case Development 1 (Working Session & Consultation)
Day Two: Wednesday, June 04, 2025
7:30-8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:00-9:45 PBL Curriculum Design & IT System (Consultation & Discussion)
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-12:00 PBL Tutorial Process & Techniques for Tutors (Consultation & Discussion)
12:00-13:00 Catered Lunch
13:00-16:00 Interactive PBL Tutoring with Students 1 (Medical Case Opening)
Day Three: Thursday, June 05, 2025
7:30-8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:00-9:45 Learner Assessment in PBL (Consultation & Discussion)
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-11:45 Leading Institutional Change (Consultation & Discussion)
12:00-13:00 Catered Lunch
13:00-16:00 Interactive PBL Tutoring with Students 2 (Medical Case Closing)
Day Four: Friday, June 06, 2025
7:30-8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:50 PBL Case Development 2 (Working Session & Consultation)
8:50-9:00 Break
9:00-10:45 PBL Case Field Test
11:00-12:00 Group Reflection & Evaluation
12:00-13:00 Catered Lunch
PBL Workshop Registration:
Register here or visit http://www.siumed.edu/cpd (In the drop-down under ‘Learners’, click on ‘Conferences’)
Registration Fee:
$950 (by April 28), which includes registration, continental breakfasts and lunches, learning materials, and CME credit processing.
$1,200 (after April 28)
Registration Deadline: May 13, 2025, at 11:59 pm
Cancellation Policy:
For cancellations on or before May 13, 2025, a refund, less $50.00 administration fee will be given. No refunds will be given after May 13, 2025. After May 13, 2025, only substitutions are allowed. Should the workshop be canceled by SIU School of Medicine, the School of Medicine assumes no financial responsibility beyond the registration fee.
A minimum class size of 6 must be reached by May 5 or the workshop may be cancelled
Hotel Accommodations:
President Abraham Lincoln Hotel Springfield,
A Doubletree by Hilton Hotel
701 E. Adams Street
Springfield, IL 62701
Phone: (217) 544-8800 or (866) 788-1860
GUARANTEE/NO-SHOW POLICY: All reservations must be accompanied by a first night room deposit or guaranteed with a major credit card. The hotel will not hold any reservations unless secured by one of the above methods. Cancellations must be made 48 hours prior to arrival, by 4 pm two days prior to arrival. If any reservation fails to check-in, he/she will be charged one night’s room rate as a no-show fee.
Daily Shuttle Service:
SIU will provide a daily shuttle from the Hotel to campus in the morning and return in the after.
Acquiring a Parking Permit at SIU SOM:
If you will drive to campus, you will need a parking permit. This permit will be free, but you will need to contact Crystal Bright (cbright68@siumed.edu) in advance to receive parking directions and to obtain the permit.
Attractions/Restaurants/Activities:
Please visit Springfield Tourism Department for an updated list of restaurants, attractions and activities.