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How to review a medical curriculum
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Hays, RB, How to review a medical curriculum, The Asia Pacific Scholar, 1, (1) pp. 25-28. ISSN 2424-9270 (2016) [Contribution to Refereed Journal]
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Abstract
A curriculum is an important component of a medical program because it is the source of information that learners, teachers and
external stakeholders use to understand what learners will experience on their journey to recognition as a medical graduate. While
many focus on and debate the content of a medical curriculum, with some suggestions that there should be national curricula for
each jurisdiction or even a global curriculum for all medical programs, the curriculum content is only one factor to consider when
designing, revising or accrediting a curriculum. Just as important are the alignment with the program’s mission and health
workforce needs, the presence of agreed graduate outcomes, the theoretical bases of the curriculum, the prior learning of
commencing students, the curriculum implementation models, the assessment of student progress and program evaluation
processes. This paper presents a framework for this more holistic approach to reviewing a curriculum, proposing triangulation
of information from several sources – documents, websites, learners, teachers and employers – and considering several
accreditation standards that impact on curriculum design and delivery.
Item Details
Item Type: | Contribution to Refereed Journal |
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Keywords: | medical education, curriculum, evaluation |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Curriculum and pedagogy |
Research Field: | Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Evaluation of health and support services |
Objective Field: | Health policy evaluation |
UTAS Author: | Hays, RB (Professor Richard Hays) |
ID Code: | 109476 |
Year Published: | 2016 |
Deposited By: | Medicine |
Deposited On: | 2016-06-20 |
Last Modified: | 2016-06-21 |
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