Introduction.

One of the most important professional competence in Medical degree is the rational prescription of drugs based on scientific and ethical criteria. In 2009-10, a Problem Based Learning type experience was implemented in a subject of the fifth year of Medical degree to increase the acquisition of the competence. In the following ten years, the academic performance and opinion of students were analysed.

Methods.

We obtained satisfaction indicators for the subject of Applied Medical Pharmacology, PBL perception of the students and their academic performance in the teaching Unities of Basurto and Donostia (UPV/EHU) during the period 2009-19 and compared them with those in previous years (2005-09).

Results.

During 2009-19, the global satisfaction of the students for the subject was more favorable for all measured dimensions With regard to the PBL experience, the students perceive its design and its capacity to develop transversal and specific competencies as positive. The average score of the students in the subject decreased slightly but the evaluation rate increased.

Conclusions.

PBL type active methodologies enable to work transversal and specific competencies of the subject. The student were conscious of the development of these competencies and had better opinion on different dimensions of the subject with little changes in their performance.

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