Medical Education: Developing a Curriculum for Practice

Introduction

Part one: Starting points
Developing rigorous curricula for medical practice in the twenty-first century: a matter of urgency

Part two: The bases of curriculum design for medical practice
The practice of curriculum design: its principles, processes, components and logic
Clarifying curriculum aims: the practice of education, its nature and expertise
Clarifying values: professionalism in practice — stories from the field of medicine
Analysing the context: the nature of practice in medicine — a survey of the field
Clarifying the content: the nature of professional knowledge in medicine
Selecting appropriate educational strategies: how doctors learn to practise medicine
Getting assessment right: identifying and recording doctors educational achievements in the clinical setting
From problematic to procedural matters: setting the regulations for supporting and managing the curriculum on the ground

Part three: Curriculum development in medicine: a way forward
Shaping an evaluation policy: some principles, values and practices for developing and refining a curriculum
Some principles of change: the problems of curriculum development and ways forward
Developing a curriculum for postgraduate medicine at the local, Intermediate and national level

Appendix: A response to the consultation on Curriculum for the Foundation Years in Postgraduate Medical Education and Training (November 2004)
Index
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