ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that the key characteristics of problem-based learning (PBL) promote an integrative approach to students' development of the attributes of person-centeredness, empathy, and compassion. Person-centeredness is an important principle in nursing practice as well as among other health care and social professions. Kitwood defines it as a standing or status that is bestowed upon one human being, by others in the context of relationship and social being. Person-centered care (PCC) reflects the core values outlined by Brookes and Kitwood in a model of care for older people with dementia, but it can be applied to any health or social care context. The chapter defines person-centeredness as an approach to professional practice that focuses on the formation and fostering of healthful and learning relationships and on the flourishing of individuals that is underpinned by values of empathy and respect and enabled by engagement, shared decision making, creativity, and clarifying and developing beliefs and values.
