PURPOSE The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Physics Core Curriculum Subcommittee (PCCSC) has updated the recommended physics curriculum for radiation oncology resident education to improve consistency in teaching, intensity, and subject matter. METHODS AND MATERIALS The ASTRO PCCSC is composed of physicists and physicians involved in radiation oncology residency education. The...

Beyond the adoption of the principles of horizontal and vertical integration, significant planning and implementation of curriculum reform is needed. This report presents two studies done on the medical educational curriculum of Faculty of Medicine (FOM), King Abdulaziz Univerty (KAU), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as well a local experience from FOM, Mansoura University, Egypt. The first study proposed...

Distance learning courses need intensive planning that, in turn, requires the integration of knowledge and expertise in different areas and levels such as curriculum, ICTs and course management. This paper presents an integrated approach for distance learning course planning that derives from pedagogical research the basic directives to integrate the process variables such as curriculum, ICT op...

Integration has been accepted as an important educational strategy in medical education. Discussions about integration, however, are often polarized with some teachers in favour and others against integrated teaching. This paper describes 11 points on a continuum between the two extremes. * Isolation * Awareness * Harmonization * Nesting * Temporal co-ordination * Sharing * Correlation * Comple...

The realization that medical graduates are failing to serve the health needs of the society has compelled the medical educationists and regulatory authorities worldwide to review the medical training. A medical curriculum oriented towards developing the key competencies that enable a fresh graduate to be delivering socially responsive health care is seen as a promising step towards alleviating ...

Curricula authoring is a complex process, involving different actors and different kinds of knowledge. Learners aim at acquiring expertise about some topic of their own interest, and need to perceive that the curriculum they attend will lead them towards their goal; when this does not happen, they become demotivated. Learners are all different, not only in their aims but also in their backgroun...

Many universities around the world have formed strategic alliances with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems vendors to incorporate these types of systems into their curriculum. Over the past few years the sharing of curriculum resources between universities has facilitated this process. Universities are now struggling with the concept of how to develop e-business curriculum incorporating...

In planning a curriculum there are many questions to be answered (Harden, 1986). Much attention has been paid to aims and objectives, the content of the curriculum, teaching methods, assessment, and educational strategies such as problem-based learning, integration and community-based learning. A relatively neglected area has been the question of the organization of the content and the overall ...

The article analyses the literature on curriculum and its impact on the field of public health. This analysis aims to locate the specific lines of theoretical developments of the curriculum in order to establish a theoretical framework and conceptual study to the curricula of public health in graduate courses. The main source of data is bibliographic, national and international. It was conclude...