This article describes a gerontological enrichment model for institutionalizing and sustaining curricular change utilizing Rogers' (1995, 2003) diffusion of innovations approach to organizational change. The goal of the project, funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation, is to transform the social work curriculum at a major state university so that ...

BACKGROUND: The influence of intended and informal curricula on examination preparation has not been extensively studied. This study aims to firstly describe how students utilized components of intended and informal curricula to guide examination preparation, and secondly to study the relationship between examination preparation and performance. METHODS: Students received a ...

With curriculum reform, whether we admit it or not, the first cohort of students will be 'test-driving' the new programme. Not only are they the pioneers of a new curriculum, but as they progress through their studies, they experience each year of the innovation for the first time. As curriculum ...

It is generally acknowledged that an integrated approach to teaching cardiovascular system (CVS) is clinically relevant. However, very little attention has been paid with respect to student perception of teaching CVS in an integrated problem-based curriculum. A questionnaire on the feedback and perception of medical students (n = 60) to ...

PURPOSE: To evaluate the effectiveness of undergraduate medical education in the domains of psychiatry and behavioural sciences, we examined the growth of knowledge in those disciplines in a 6-year, problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum. Psychiatry and behavioural sciences are taught in the 4 preclinical years and in the psychiatric clerkship. The ...

The Doubles, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, is a seven-episode series of media tools designed to teach third and fourth grade students about the science of drug addiction. The program's curriculum is delivered via a set of videos, interactive CD-ROMs, workbooks, or an Internet site. This article ...

INTRODUCTION: The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), follows a problem-based learning, integrated and community-based curriculum which reflects the specific needs of doctors working in Sarawak. Using paediatrics as an example, this paper describes the process of development of core content (knowledge, procedural and communication skills, attitudes), additional knowledge ...

To provide a rationale for integrating experience into early medical education ("early experience"). Small group discussions to obtain stakeholders' views. Grounded theory analysis with respondent, internal, and external validation. Problem based, undergraduate medical curriculum that is not vertically integrated. A purposive sample of 64 students, staff, and curriculum leaders from ...

This article considers the development of a global training curriculum and qualification in professional psychology, with particular emphasis on the Combined-Integrated (C-I) model. The C-I model exposes professional psychology trainees to two or more of the practice areas (i.e., clinical, counseling, school/educational). The authors argue that the C-I approach is ...

The objective of this study was to develop a European competence-based colposcopy core curriculum using the Delphi technique. Thirty expert colposcopists from 21 countries participated. A four-round iterative questionnaire was used. Competencies were rated using a five-point Likert scale. Competences rated as 4 or more by at least 90% of ...

Something is afoot in south central Idaho. After 2 years of work, the percentage of people with diabetes receiving recommended annual foot examinations has increased by 13.8%, exceeding the state average. This turnaround, from being the region with the lowest percentage of foot examinations in the state, was made possible ...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of a modern medical curriculum on students' proposed behaviour on encountering ethical dilemmas. DESIGN: Cohort design. SETTING: University of Glasgow Medical School. SUBJECTS: The first intake of students into Glasgow's new curriculum (n = 238). Main outcome measure Student answers consistent with consensus professional judgement ...

OBJECTIVE: To examine teachers' views of the first batch of graduates of a revised medical curriculum in Asia. METHODS: A cross-sectional study using a structured questionnaire was carried out to obtain the views of all the clinical teachers involved in teaching final year students of the old curriculum in 2000-01 ...

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare students' satisfaction between problem-based learning (PBL) and lecture-based traditional teaching of anesthesia. METHODS: One hundred and thirty-seven fifth-year medical students were enrolled in a course which used a hybrid curriculum for teaching about anesthesia. The hybrid curriculum included 9 essential lectures ...

The world-wide move away from the didactic teaching of single disciples to integrated Problem-based Learning (PBL) curricula in medical education has posed challenges for the basic sciences. In this paper we identify two major challenges. The first challenge is the need to describe a core disciplinary curriculum that can be ...

Persistent evidence suggests that the communication skills of practicing physicians do not achieve desired goals of enhancing patient satisfaction, strengthening health outcomes and decreasing malpractice litigation. Stronger communication skills training during the clinical years of medical education might make use of an underutilized window of opportunity-students' clinical years-to instill basic ...

Recently, commented that there is a need for better ways of looking at how teaching and learning work in the PBL approach before it is banished to the wilderness of other educational innovations. The premise of this paper is that better ways of looking at how PBL works are dependent ...

OBJECTIVES: A change from traditional to problem-based learning (PBL) methods in a psychiatry attachment was evaluated by comparing the learning styles, attitudes to psychiatry and examination performance of 2 cohorts of students. It was hypothesised that the PBL curriculum would result in increased deep learning, decreased surface learning, more favourable ...

The degree awarded to a dentist in Finland is Licentiate of Dentistry, and it takes 5 years to achieve it. The old curriculum at the Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Finland, was based on the departmental division, and there was minimal integration between the disciplines. According to student feedback, ...

Problem based learning (PBL) has been the subject of considerable interest and debate in medical undergraduate and, increasingly, postgraduate education in recent years. Its supporters maintain that PBL enhances learning by providing a highly motivational environment for acquisition of knowledge, which is well received by those who take part in ...

An intervention study was carried out in Mymensingh Medical College between December 2002 to November 2003 to determine knowledge and attitude of clinical students on problem based learning (PBL) before and after exposure to a PBL course. This is an intervention study. A total of 17 health problems were discussed ...

OBJECTIVES: To inform the medical informatics community on the rational, goals, evolution and present contents of the Medical Information Sciences program of the University of Amsterdam and our achievements. METHODS: We elaborate on the history of our program, the philosophy, contents and organizational structure of the present-day curriculum. Besides, we ...

I describe how the Centre for Attachment-based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (CAPP) in London has gone about developing an attachment-based/relational curriculum for training psychotherapists. A key problem the training is meant to address is how to maintain a balance between enabling students to absorb research and clinical knowledge of psychological processes at ...

A decision prohibiting student access to coronial autopsies in Auckland, New Zealand, was recently discussed in the British Medical Journal (O'Grady, ). Clinical and ethical implications aside, the prohibition brought an end to the Breakfast Club, a remarkable community of post-mortem learning. Over 20 years of voluntary attendance at autopsy, ...

Medical students have poor knowledge of cigarette-related diseases and tend to increase tobacco use as they progress through their course. The aims of this review are to describe the process of developing a tobacco curriculum, present a model of implementation, and apply the model to China. The process of developing, ...

BACKGROUND: Educators across the world are charged with the responsibility of producing core learning outcomes for medical curricula. However, much educational theory exists which deliberates the value of learning outcomes in education. AIMS: This paper aims to discuss the problems surrounding outcomes-based curricula in medical education, using insights from educational ...

It is quite evident there is room for improvement in the primary care management of common mental health problems. Patients respond positively when GPs adopt a more proactive role in this respect. The Dutch general practice curriculum is currently being renewed. The topics discussed here include the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities ...

SPICES criteria (Student-centred, Problem-based, Integrated, Community-based, Electives, Systematic) are used to describe educational strategies applied in medical schools. Application of SPICES criteria often can be just a statement since various forms of teaching with large variations are incorporated in a curriculum. In this paper a system of rating SPICES criteria ...

OBJECTIVE: To develop core recommendations for the learning outcomes of an undergraduate curriculum in musculoskeletal conditions for any parts of the globe. METHODS: Recommendations were developed by wide consultation with experts in orthopaedics, rheumatology, osteoporosis, and rehabilitation from all parts of the world who had interest and experience in these ...

We hypothesized that the Internet could be used to disseminate and evaluate a curriculum in ambulatory care, and that internal medicine residency program directors would value features made possible by online dissemination. An Internet-based ambulatory care curriculum was developed and marketed to internal medicine residency program directors. Utilization and knowledge ...

Changing to a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum represents a substantial challenge because many faculty members are unfamiliar with the process. Faculty development is a crucial component of successful curriculum change to PBL. This paper describes a logical process for designing and implementing a comprehensive faculty development programme at three main ...

With the aim of evaluating the efficacy of a new curriculum implemented in the Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto (University of São Paulo, Brazil), a yearly objective assessment of both cognitive and practical skills of undergraduate (sixth year) students was performed. All graduating student underwent a multiple-choice questions (MCQs) ...

Faced with the challenge of restructuring a preclinical curriculum to provide a stronger background in general dentistry, a clinical simulation program that emphasizes critical thinking in clinical decision-making was developed and implemented at New York University College of Dentistry. The program offers an integrated program in clinical sciences focused on ...

Ethical decision-making is essential to professionalism in engineering. For that reason, ethics is a required topic in an ABET approved engineering curriculum and it must be a foundational strand that runs throughout the entire curriculum. In this paper the curriculum approach that is under development at the Padnos School of ...

Higher Specialist Training (HST) has been radically reformed in the last decade, and specialties have been urged to conduct further reform. This paper reports on an explorative investigation into curriculum provision and assessment within four specialties in the West Midlands. Methods include analysis of curriculum documents; observation of the RITA ...

OBJECTIVE: This article describes the creation of a standardized comprehensive resident curriculum in pediatric radiology that uses adult learning principles authored by international experts and addresses the six general competencies required by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. CONCLUSION: Web-based learning with an online curriculum has the potential to ...

This paper describes and evaluates a new method of assessment in PBL, which was developed with two cohorts of dental students. The method involves students in PBL groups designing PBL problems and assessment tasks that are in line with the objectives of the course and the principles of PBL. Construction ...

BACKGROUND: The last decade has witnessed a rapid expansion of biomedical knowledge. Despite this, fashions in medical education over the same period have shifted away from factual (didactic) teaching and towards contextual, or problem-based, learning (PBL). This paradigm shift has been justified by studies showing that PBL improves reasoning and ...

BACKGROUND: This study administered selected scales from the Cognitive Behavior Survey, Attitudes Toward Social Issues in Medicine survey, and the Learning Environment Questionnaire. Data were gathered from other medical schools to put results into context. PURPOSE: To present results on these scales from other medical schools and to compare the ...

Dr. Scott Brown's dedication and contribution to the instructional programs of the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine have been exceptionally meritorious. In the last eight years, he has served with the leadership among faculty in the design and approval of a new curriculum, and as chair of the ...

Most medical school curricula do not equip students with adequate attitudes, knowledge and skills to care for elderly populations. We describe an effective geriatric curricular infusion model compatible with preserving the overall curricula schema. Course and clerkship directors, staff and faculty from the Office of Educational Development, Center on Aging, ...

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the nature and degree of coverage of human relations and the human-animal bond in veterinary curricula across North America. The attitudes and opinions of a cohort of veterinary students and alumni about human relations skills and human-animal bond training in the ...

This paper presents the reforming of the curriculum of the Department of Medical Instrumentation Technology at the Technological Educational Institution of Athens (TEI-A), as inspired by current trends in higher education. The reforming is taking place in the framework of the "Upgrading of Undergraduate Curricula of TEI-A" project The project-funded ...

The faculty of a large, Midwestern, public university implemented a community-based baccalaureate curriculum to prepare students for the changing health care environment. Evaluation was planned as the curriculum was developed. The constituents of the School of Nursing were determined to be the students, alumni, employers, clinical agencies, and faculty. Surveys, ...

It is time for the faculty of veterinary colleges to take responsibility for the veterinary curriculum, to move beyond the debate over teaching styles, and to understanding what a curriculum needs to accomplish. Our challenge is to engage students, faculty, and all veterinary professionals in evidence-based medicine and medical outcomes ...

One of the most active areas in educational research in recent years has centered on the method of problem-based learning (PBL). The advantages of PBL methods have prompted educators to investigate and implement PBL activities in the clinical science classroom. The purpose of this exploratory study was to note any ...

Exposure to gerontological content has been shown to positively influence student attitudes toward elders. Our School of Nursing recently phased out one curriculum while implementing a new integrated curriculum. In the former, aging content was presented in a first-semester senior course. In the new curriculum, students were introduced to aging ...

OBJECTIVE: To explore the experience and practice of students entering a problem-based (PBL) medical undergraduate course and to identify contributory social, curricular and contextual factors. DESIGN: A multiple case study exploiting the natural experimental features of the setting. Qualitative data collection methods, including participant observation, interviews and focus groups were ...

Graduate students have high ambitions and desire excellence in their work. Creating learning opportunities that capture this drive and help them achieve and exceed their goals is a challenge for educators. This article describes two teaching approaches, group process and an adaptation of Bensusan's escalator model, which were used in ...

The application of theory to practice can be challenging. This article describes the experiences of one organization in applying the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) to a health promotion program for older adults, Health Stages. The concepts of the model, especially stage of change, were successfully used for program planning, curriculum development, ...