A Team-Based Learning Guide for Students in Health Professional Schools

About the Book

The purpose of this book is to provide a concise guide on how health professional students can become actively engaged in team-based learning (TBL) and sharpen their clinical reasoning and critical thinking skills. TBL makes learning passionate, relevant, and fun, and it teaches students the benefits of working in teams.

About the Author

Dr. David Hawkins is vice president for academic affairs and dean of pharmacy at the California Health Sciences University in Fresno. He received a doctorate degree in pharmacy from the University of Michigan and completed a clinical pharmacy residency at the University Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor. He also obtained postgraduate training in clinical epidemiology at McMaster University and health outcomes research at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Hawkins has nearly forty years of academic experience in both pharmacy and medicine. His research and scholarly activities have led to more than one hundred publications in the pharmacy and medical literature and more than two hundred scientific and professional presentations at national and international meetings. Dr. Hawkins has led the transformation of pharmacy education into a team-based learning curriculum at two pharmacy schools in California.