introduction: recent evolutions in medical education and trend to specialization have led to serious concern about the quality of undergraduate education especially in main medical universities. according to medical education literature, outcome-based curriculum development seems more suitable for clinical phase rotations. in this article we present our experience in planning an outcome-based 2...

Objectives: This cross sectional study aimed to investigate the relative effectiveness of a problem based learning curriculum (PBL) and a traditional curriculum (TC) in the development of medical students’ diagnostic reasoning skills. Methods: Junior and senior clinical students (n = 431) at a single clinical school of the University of Melbourne selfadministered Bordage et al.’s Diagnostic Thi...

BACKGROUND This study addressed the need for studies of the efficacy of the Born to Learn (BTL) curriculum. METHODS Based on random assignment, 227 families of infants received the BTL curriculum conducted in monthly home visits, and 237 families received general child development education only. RESULTS The BTL curriculum resulted in higher mastery motivation (task competence) at 36 months...

This study investigates teacher participation in national curriculum development Myanmar. The purpose of this is to explore learning and reflection during the process through collaboration communication. A qualitative research method has been applied study. Six participants participated individual interviews. include six school teachers from Basic Education High Schools, specifically, two devel...

Successful intelligence (SI) is the integrated set of the ability needed to attain success in life, within individual’s sociocultural context. People are successfully intelligent by recognizing their strengths and weaknesses. They will find ways to strengthen their weakness and maintain their strength or even improve it. SI people can shape, select, and adapt to the environments by using balanc...

OBJECTIVE This study analyses the ways in which curriculum reform facilitated student learning about professionalism. METHODS Design-based research provided the structure for an iterative approach to curriculum change which we undertook over a 3 year period. The learning environment of the Personal and Professional Development Theme (PPD) was analysed through the sociocultural lens of Activit...

Improving information systems undergraduate education is an important measure for developing countries to take advantage of information and communication technologies for socio-economic development. However, the current discourse on development of information systems education programmes in developing countries identifies a gap between proposed models for curriculum development and the adaptati...

This paper aims to explore the model of curriculum evaluation in use in the Queensland senior secondary school system in ways that lead to identification of some elements of effective curriculum evaluation. It does this by exploring the broad orientation of the Queensland senior system in the context of some key questions about the nature, development and conceptualisation of curriculum evaluat...

Background: One of the necessities of doctor of medicine (M.D.) curriculum is educating seven competencies, including personal development competency, which helps students acquire and use effective abilities in their personal and professional life, including self-knowledge, psychology of change, strategic and management principles, and informatics. Given the importance of this ...