@article{Sjögren_Kärner Köhler_2021, title={The critical friend – a way to develop as a tutor in problem-based learning groups }, volume={11}, url={https://hogreutbildning.se/index.php/hu/article/view/3313}, DOI={10.23865/hu.v11.3313}, abstractNote={<p>Tutors in problem-based learning (PBL) need to reflect on their role, to prevent stagnation. We aimed to explore the learning experiences of tutors gained by being and having a critical friend in a PBL group. Eight teachers, from several professional programs at the Faculty of Medicine of a Swedish university, participated in a cross-program activity involving the being and having a critical friend to improve their skills as PBL group tutors. They were individually interviewed, and the transcriptions were subjected to conventional qualitative content analysis. The results revealed that a critical friend from another discipline can be useful and that experiences from both roles, to be and to have a critical friend, is necessary for reflection and learning, and thus optimal results. We conclude that support from the organisation, knowledge sharing, and communication are required to enable a systematic use of critical friends to be implemented with credibility.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Högre utbildning}, author={Sjögren, Elaine and Kärner Köhler, Anita}, year={2021}, month={dec.} }