Curriculum Development
qChapter 11: Curriculum Development
Farid Ljuca, Srdjan Lozo, Vladimir Simunovic, Hans-Martin Bosse, Martina Kadmon
1. Introduction
Process of curriculum development is essential for successful achieving educational goals for medical students. It asks for systematic approach which should respect several aspects: the needs of patients, of the society, the students and teaching staff. This process should be maximal efficient and effective; it should be built upon previous work. Process itself should be done in a specific algorithm starting from the definition of final goals of the educational process, through the selection of the certain tools for achieving this goals, and integration of different elements inside one curriculum. Curriculum should present mosaics of different courses, learning and teaching strategies, and integrate it into one picture which is specific for a certain institution. It has to respect all existing material and human resources of the institution.
Involvement of the key subjects in process of curriculum development should be from the first stage of process, and that first stage is creation of a mission statement of the institution.
The student is the central figure in the process of education and modern education institutions use “student centered approach” as their main philosophy in process of curriculum shaping. Students should be involved in process of design and curriculum development. Representatives of students and their organizations should be involved in work of comities and bodies in charge for curriculum design. This fact that students are involved in shaping of their learning gives special quality to education process.
All stakeholders of institution should be included in process of curriculum development, and they all should give their view of the reasons why the institution exists. The mission statement should partly give sort of picture, what kind of graduated student do we want.
Curriculum development in medical
Farid Ljuca, Srdjan Lozo, Vladimir Simunovic, Hans-Martin Bosse, Martina Kadmon
1. Introduction
Process of curriculum development is essential for successful achieving educational goals for medical students. It asks for systematic approach which should respect several aspects: the needs of patients, of the society, the students and teaching staff. This process should be maximal efficient and effective; it should be built upon previous work. Process itself should be done in a specific algorithm starting from the definition of final goals of the educational process, through the selection of the certain tools for achieving this goals, and integration of different elements inside one curriculum. Curriculum should present mosaics of different courses, learning and teaching strategies, and integrate it into one picture which is specific for a certain institution. It has to respect all existing material and human resources of the institution.
Involvement of the key subjects in process of curriculum development should be from the first stage of process, and that first stage is creation of a mission statement of the institution.
The student is the central figure in the process of education and modern education institutions use “student centered approach” as their main philosophy in process of curriculum shaping. Students should be involved in process of design and curriculum development. Representatives of students and their organizations should be involved in work of comities and bodies in charge for curriculum design. This fact that students are involved in shaping of their learning gives special quality to education process.
All stakeholders of institution should be included in process of curriculum development, and they all should give their view of the reasons why the institution exists. The mission statement should partly give sort of picture, what kind of graduated student do we want.
Curriculum development in medical
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