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Introduction to the Special Issue on Innovations in Problem-based Learning

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This special issue on Innovations in Problem-Based Learning is based on a symposium that was organized during the 11th biennial meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) in Nicosia (Cyprus). Most papers in this special issue were presented at this symposium. The aim of this special issue in Advances in Health Sciences Education is to provide an overview of the state of the art in PBL research, and to discuss implications of these recent developments for educational practice. This introductory paper presents a short overview of all contributions to the special issue.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Geoff Norman (Editor in Chief) and Henk van Berkel (Managing Editor) for their enthusiastic response when they first heard about this initiative and their willingness to publish this special issue in their journal. Furthermore, we would like to thank Sofie Loyens for her helpful comments on an earlier draft of this introduction article. Last but not least, we are also very grateful to the outstanding researchers who were willing to review the submitted manuscripts. Without their valuable comments this special issue would not have been possible.

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Rikers, R.M.J.P., de Bruin, A.B.H. Introduction to the Special Issue on Innovations in Problem-based Learning. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract 11, 315–319 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-006-9011-9

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