misconceptions and integration

Authors

sara mortaz hejri department of medical education, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

azim mirzazadeh department of internal medicine, department of medical education, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

mohammad jalili department of emergency medicine, department of medical education, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

abstract

introduction: pervasive beliefs regarding curricular reform and integration have flourished among medical students, faculty members and medical school administrators. these concepts have extensively impacted the reform process, sometimes by resisting the reforms and sometimes by diverting the curriculum from its planned objectives. in the current paper, we have tried to address the challenges of integration in md program by looking at the existing literature and the experience of the international universities. methods: we collected the questions frequently asked during the curricular reform process. we, then, evaluated them, and selected 5 main ideas. in order to find their answers, we searched the literature using these

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