Knowledge and Confidence of Final-Year Medical Students Regarding Critical Care Core-Concepts, a Comparison between Problem-Based Learning and a Traditional Curriculum.

Medical undergraduates in PBL have an overall better knowledge on key concepts and assessment tools applicable to evaluating and managing critically ill patients compared to students in TBL. However the gap in knowledge and confidence in assessing ill patients in both groups is evident. Critical care was not chosen as a preferred future career in all surveyed students. There is a need for institutional support and endorsement of undergraduate critical care exposure and education in Saudi Universities both to better prepare medical students for their imminent post-graduates exposure to ill patients and to help in closing the gap in critical care physicians through promoting the specialty.