en آموزش پزشکی Medical Education پژوهشي اصیل Orginal Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><b>Background & Objective: </b>With student-centered teaching-learning making the forefront in medical education, this qualitative study was set out to investigate the perceptions of students on the factors that enable or impede the outcome achievement of problem-based method of teaching-learning.<br> <b>Materials & Methods:</b> Ten students embarking their year 2 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)&nbsp; study in a private university in Malaysia agreed to participate in this study. The students were subjected to semi-structured, in-depth, one-to-one interviews following their consent. The interview protocol was prepared following guidelines, objectives of the study and from the available literature. The data thus collected was subjected to thematic analysis using NVivo.<br> <b>Results:</b> <span lang="EN-IN">Analysis revealed emergence of codes such as student characteristics and perception, facilitators, team factors, content and conduct of problem-based learning. These codes were then collapsed into themes. The major themes or factors that enabled or impeded the outcomes of PBL were student factors, facilitator factors and factors related to the learning environment</span>.<br> <b>Conclusion:</b> The study concluded that among the various factors that enable or impede PBL teaching-learning method, there are pros and cons among the student, facilitators and learning environment that may facilitate or impede the realisation of PBL outcomes. This study would shed light into the students&rsquo; perception of PBL and enable facilitators to ensure that PBLs are student-friendly.</span></span></span></div> Medical Education, Feedback, Outcome-Based Education, Student-Centered Learning 17 26 http://edujournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-12-2084-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Reshma Ansari reshmaansari77@gmail.com 5300319475328460030236 5300319475328460030236 Yes Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Bioscience and Nursing, MAHSA University Jalan SP 2, Bandar Saujana Putra, Jenjarum Selangor, Malaysia. Nani Nordin nani@upnm.edu.my 5300319475328460030237 5300319475328460030237 No Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Defense Health National Defense University Malaysia (UPNM) Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Noor Aini Abdul Hamid Aini@msu.edu.my 5300319475328460030238 5300319475328460030238 No Department of Medical Education, International Medical School, Management & Science University, Shah Alam, Malaysia.