Use ["problem based learning" discipline] when asking Google Scholar, where discipline is what you are interested in.

Yes, there is a dedicated section of a recent journal- Computers & Education

Volume 64, May 2013,

Special Section: Towards innovation in learning technologies:

Essays in honor of David Jonassen

Good luck!

I wrote two articles on application of PBL. See at researchnet under my name..

I teach PBL in pharmacy and the outcomes relate to a Medication Review, whereas in the discipline of medicine, the outcome of the PBL is usually related to Patient Management Review. The actual process of the PBLs prior to the final reviews are very similar.

Thanks everyone

Problem solving approach in medicine and health sciences.

I think problem-solving apporach can be adopted in most areas. While working for a HIV/AIDS project, we successfully used the problem solving apporach with sex workers to deal with their emotinal problems with their initmate partners and customers that impacted their safe sex behaviours, social and monetary aspects as well. The results showed that this apporach helped the sex workers deal with problems better.

Check out Barbara J. Flagg, " Experimenting with Problem-Based Learning in Constitutional Law " Washington University Journal of Law and Policy 10 (2002) . The author defines PBL and how she applied it to her Constitutional Law class. She includes an extended narrative of the motivation for her trial of PBL from her students and well as her own experience.

Hi

the university of York uses PBL in all its law curriculum and appears to be having very sound success in its approach.

I am gong to use this  for my Foundation degree students ( level 4 and 5) and this seems to be an ideal use of the process lots of simulated Professional practice opportunities .