Analysing the Vision for the New Curriculum

Overall aims? Methods of delivery? How do students learn? How should they be assessed? How do you know that your graduates are fit to practise? Analysing the Vision for the New Curriculum

What factors influence the curriculum? Doctors for what? From where? What will they learn? How will they learn? Where will they learn? How will we know what they have learnt? Why do you need to change? Define their roles Recruitment/admission Link to outcomes Philosophy of learning Resources Assessment

What will make you change? Evaluation University Employers Collaborations Resources Development of knowledge Regulatory bodies Government International influences Competition Income Unpredictable events

Guidelines for curriculum planning Define the vision/mission Decide on selection methods Develop an outcomes based focus Seek horizontal and vertical integration Choose appropriate contexts for learning Select assessments of knowledge, skills & behaviours Link with postgraduate experience and learning

Developing the Vision Statement What will the graduates be like? What will be the overall philosophy of the programme? How will the curriculum be quality assured and enhanced? How will students link medical science with clinical practice? What will be its overall structure – eg. Systems Based, Integrated? How will students be assessed – eg. Subject specific, Integrated? What types of assessment will be used? How will the curriculum be managed and led? What components will it have - eg. Community, Integrated, Student choice?

Analysing your vision statement To produce undifferentiated physicians meeting contemporary needs

Analysing your vision statement To produce undifferentiated physicians meeting contemporary needs Basic, clinical, theoretical and applied science Clinical and professional competences Research and life long learning Health care delivery

What are the key drivers in this arrangement? Is science or core clinical presentations leading the curriculum? How will the learning and assessments be integrated? Analysing your vision statement To produce undifferentiated physicians meeting contemporary needs Basic, clinical, theoretical and applied science Clinical and professional competences Research and life long learning Health care delivery

Vision Statement Excellent Graduates Outcome Focussed Quality Management Integrated Learning Activities Systems Based undifferentiated Drs Able Learners Assessments match Outcomes Curriculum Management Community, Integration, Choice