Training the Trainer Outcomes-Based Education By Dr Malik Zaben

Do we need an outcome-based approach?

What is outcome-based education? A performance-based approach at the cutting edge of curriculum development and offers powerful way of changing and managing medical education A performance-based approach at the cutting edge of curriculum development and offers powerful way of changing and managing medical education It requires: It requires: 1. Statement of learning outcomes 2. Decisions about the curriculum

Benefits of OBE Highlights the competencies to be achieved Highlights the competencies to be achieved Is necessary given the rapid advances in health sciences Is necessary given the rapid advances in health sciences Ensures consideration is given to important topics that otherwise may be neglected Ensures consideration is given to important topics that otherwise may be neglected Emphasizes accountability and transparency Emphasizes accountability and transparency Points students in the right direction Points students in the right direction Provides the basis for allocation of resources Provides the basis for allocation of resources

Ensures the assessment is more valid Ensures the assessment is more valid Provides continuity Provides continuity Flags up problems in the curriculum Flags up problems in the curriculum Help teacher select the topics Help teacher select the topics Enables curricula to be compared Enables curricula to be compared Benefits of OBE

Specifying learning outcomes It is the first step in implementing learning outcomes It is the first step in implementing learning outcomes The driving body (GMC in the UK) The driving body (GMC in the UK) Specific to the context of the country Specific to the context of the country Can be shared across geographical borders Can be shared across geographical borders A top-down and a bottom-up activity A top-down and a bottom-up activity

Stakeholders University staff University staff Hospital practitioners Hospital practitioners General practitioners General practitioners Recent graduates Recent graduates Students Students All health care professionals (nurse/ health allied) All health care professionals (nurse/ health allied) Employers Employers Patients and the public Patients and the public

Approaches A clinical incidence survey A clinical incidence survey Studies of error in practice Studies of error in practice Task analysis Task analysis Study of existing curricula Study of existing curricula Interviews with recent graduates Interviews with recent graduates

Communicating learning outcomes

The CANMEDS Physician Competency Framework

Implementing and outcome-based approach

OBE implementation inventory