Curriculum Renewal

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MD Undergraduate Program

Why Change?

Goal of Renewal

The goal of renewing the MDUP curriculum is to

develop and implement a transformative

curriculum that will produce Doctor of Medicine

graduates who will meet not only the current

health care needs of British Columbians, but also

those of the future.

Principles of Curriculum Renewal

1. Social responsibility and accountability2. Competency-based curriculum3. Integrated student assessment4. Flexibility5. Scholarship6. Integration7. Continuity8. Responsive to the Health care system

MD Undergraduate Mission & Goals

Outcome Goals:

• Preparation for postgraduate residency

• Students meet or exceed exit competencies

• Residency & practice aligned with societal needs

• Pursuit of research, teaching and leadership

• International leadership in distributed medical education

Our mission is to admit and educate students who will graduate with demonstrated competencies and behaviours that will equip them to address the current and future health care needs of British Columbians.

Governance

Governance

Renewed Course Structure

Clinical Week Presentations (Case Order)

Systems

• Cardiology• Dermatology• Endocrinology• Gastroenterology • Hematology• Infectious Disease• Microbiology • Nephrology• Neurology

• OBGYN

• Orthopedics

• Pediatrics

• Psychiatry

• Psychology

• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• Pulmonary

• Urology

Themes

Medical Sciences Diagnostic Sciences Treatment Populations, Diversity, and Equity Care of Patients, and Scholarship

Medical Sciences Diagnostic Sciences Treatment Populations, Diversity, and Equity Care of Patients

o Clinical Skillso Professionalism o Medical Ethicso Collaboration / Interprofessional Careo Health System Improvemento Leadership o Patient Safety and Quality Improvemento eHealth Informatics

Scholarship

Medical Sciences Diagnostic Sciences Treatment Populations, Diversity, and Equity

o Public Health - Prevention And Controlo Special Populations - First Peopleso Special Populations - Geriatricso Special Populations - Palliative Careo Special Populations - Addiction Medicineo Global Healtho Health Advocacy

Care of Patients, and Scholarship

Medical Sciences Diagnostic Sciences

o Diagnostic Imagingo Clinical Laboratory Techniques - Laboratory Diagnosis

Treatment Populations, Diversity, and Equity Care of Patients, and Scholarship

Medical Sciences Diagnostic Sciences Treatment

o Pharmacology, Therapeutics, Complementary /Alternative Therapies

o Non-Pharmacotherapy Disease Management - Counsellingo Non-Pharmacotherapy Disease Management - Surgeryo Non-Pharmacotherapy Disease Management - Rehabilitation o Non-Pharmacotherapy Disease Management - Nutrition and

Exercise

Populations, Diversity, and Equity Care of Patients, and Scholarship

Medical Scienceso Anatomy and Embryologyo Physiology o Medical Microbiology and Infectious

Diseaseo Genetics o Biochemistry and Molecular Biologyo Pathologyo Histology

Diagnostic Sciences Treatment Populations, Diversity, and Equity Care of Patients, and Scholarship

Medical Sciences Diagnostic Sciences Treatment Populations, Diversity, and Equity Care of Patients, and Scholarship

o Scholarshipo Evidence Based Medicine (EBM)

Medical Sciences Anatomy and Embryology Physiology Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Genetics Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pathology Histology

Diagnostic Sciences Diagnostic Imaging Clinical Laboratory Techniques - Laboratory

Diagnosis Treatment

Pharmacology, Therapeutics, Complementary / Alternative Therapies

Non-Pharmacotherapy Disease Management - Counselling

Non-Pharmacotherapy Disease Management - Surgery

Non-Pharmacotherapy Disease Management - Rehabilitation

Non-Pharmacotherapy Disease Management – Nutrition and Exercise

Populations, Diversity, And Equity Public Health - Prevention and Control Special Populations - First Peoples Special Populations - Geriatrics Special Populations - Palliative Care Special Populations – Addiction Medicine Global Health Health Advocacy

Care Of Patients Clinical Skills Professionalism Medical Ethics Collaboration / Interprofessional Care Health System Improvement Leadership Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Ehealth Informatics

Scholarship• Scholarship• Evidence Based Medicine

Spiraled Integration

Key elements of the spiral curriculum are:

• Learners revisit topics several times throughout the program.• The complexity of the material increases with each revisit.• New concepts build on previous learning.

Spiraled Integration

Year 1 Week Template

Assessment

• Written Examinations (including progress tests and

criterion-referenced testing)

• Portfolios

• Workplace-Based Assessments (WBA), and

• Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE)

Four Assessment Modalities

Implementation Schedule

More Information - Contacts

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More Information - Resources

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