Handbook of Design in Educational Technology

20 Case-Based Learning for Anesthesiology

Enhancing Dynamic Decision-Making Skills through Cognitive Apprenticeship and Cognitive Flexibility

Ikseon Choi, Yi-Chun Hong, Hyojin Park, and Yunseok Lee

1. Introduction to the Implementation Situation That Prompted the Use of Case-Based Learning

College instructors often wrestle with contradictory educational goals, such as covering broader topics at a deeper level or enhancing higher order thinking with broader factual knowledge (Hung, Bailey, & Jonassen, 2003) in a very limited time. An introductory course in anesthesiology offered at dental schools in South Korea was not an exception. The goal of the Introduction to Anesthesiology course was to help dental students understand broad topics related ...