Of 22 included studies on active learning in public health education, 11 used PBL only, 6 used TBL, 3 integrated PBL and CBL, and 2 used CBL only¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Across the 22 included studies, PBL was the most studied modality (11 studies), TBL was used in 6, PBL+CBL in combination in 3, and CBL alone in only 2. → Mansoor Javeria 2026

Evidence¶

Mansoor Javeria 2026¶

Mansoor Javeria, Abdul Hameed Ameerali, Zaidi Tahani Waqar, Naeem Farhat Ul Ain, Mansoor Faareah, Bilal Muhammad, Kadir M Masood. (2026). Use of case-based, problem-based and team-based learning in public health education – a scoping review. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108317

q3 · i? · review · r2

Scoping review searching PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar (2000–2025) with the Levac and Colquhoun framework; 2515 records identified and 22 studies included. The review reports "11 focused on PBL, 2 on CBL, 3 on both CBL and PBL and 6 on TBL".

"Overall, 22 studies were included. Of these, 11 focused on PBL, 2 on CBL, 3 on both CBL and PBL and 6 on TBL."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Student satisfaction with CBL, PBL and TBL in public health education was high, reported in 21 of 22 studies (95.4%) — related
• Student preference for CBL, PBL or TBL over traditional teaching was reported in 15 of 22 studies (68.1%), but only two studies used a controlled comparison with lecture — related
• TBL alone and TBL combined with other methods both outperform LBL, with no significant difference between the two TBL formats — related
• No included studies applied AI-based modalities specifically to public health education, though external reviews report positive satisfaction with AI-assisted PBL and CBL — related
• One included study reported a 13.2% per-student cost reduction with CBL versus TL, but cost-efficiency was not consistently reported — related