Title
Faculty reflections on the process of building an integrated preclerkship curriculum: a new school perspective
Abbreviated Journal Title
Adv. Physiol. Educ.
Keywords
curriculum integration; team process; active learning; medical education; SHARED MENTAL MODELS; MEDICAL CURRICULUM; BASIC SCIENCE; CLINICAL-DIAGNOSIS; STUDENTS; PERFORMANCE; COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; WORK; Education, Scientific Disciplines; Physiology
Abstract
This is a reflective essay based on the experience of developing a structure and function module within a new integrated medical curriculum. Our hope is that the insights we gained during a 4-yr journey in a new medical school will be transferable to others engaged with curriculum development. Here, we present an interpretive analysis of our personal experiences together with some original research data and a synthesis of the literature. We will argue that a focus on teaching faculty is the key to successful curriculum integration and suggest an agenda for faculty development. Our essay begins by exploring what curriculum integration really means and what its purpose might be. Our case study explores the challenges of building a shared understanding among stakeholders and of negotiating learning outcomes and methods of teaching as well as the process of developing content and assessment. We feel that many of our experiences in the new medical school are applicable in other settings, such as curriculum reform in established schools and for developers of competency-based premedical curricula. We conclude with recommendations to assist other curriculum planners and teachers by offering some benefits of hindsight.
Journal Title
Advances in Physiology Education
Volume
38
Issue/Number
3
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Document Type
Editorial Material
Language
English
First Page
199
Last Page
209
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1043-4046
Recommended Citation
"Faculty reflections on the process of building an integrated preclerkship curriculum: a new school perspective" (2014). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 5565.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/5565
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