Bridging the Problem-Based Learning Gap for the Pre-Medical Student: Lessons Learned from Physicists Maxwell and Einstein

Metallothionein determination can be applied to learn about aquatic metal pollution and oxidative stress detoxification mechanisms through Problem‐based Learning

“…Teaching practices developed in the laboratory in the context of the use of the PBL allow for the expansion of the potential of curricular integration, while also favoring the development of several competences, such as communication strategies, teamwork, increased problem solving performance and problem solving in the workplace, individual responsibility regarding learning, responsibility in sharing information to achieve objectives, and respect for diverse opinions in group discussion processes . In this kind of practice, small sample sizes, usually ranging from three to eight students, are paramount in order to achieve a more significant learning and understanding of a certain topic …”