Effectiveness of Case-Based Learning in Medical Microbiology among Undergraduate Preclinical Medical Students.

Case-based learning (CBL) is a well-established pedagogical method used in medical education. It promotes self-directed learning, clinical reasoning, clinical problem-solving and decision making. In the Medical Microbiology course, medical students are supposed to learn the context of bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites and their infections, however; It has been challenging to help them relate their basic knowledge to clinical infectious! diseases. Therefore, CBL is introduced to the Medical Microbiology course to link the basic knowledge to the patient scenarios.