Ewha Med J.  2017 Jan;40(1):35-40. 10.12771/emj.2017.40.1.35.

Implementation of Outcome-Based Medical Education Theory into the Pre-existing Curriculum

• Hong YS
• Han JJ
• Kim CJ
• Choi HJ
• Yoon JC
• Jung HK
• Kim HS

• KMID: 2367895
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12771/emj.2017.40.1.35

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
This paper aims to describe an outcome-based curriculum development process at a medical school that has difficulty in advancement from the higher stage outcomes to the individual lesson outcomes, and to propose a way to implement it practically.
METHODS
We reviewed the objectives, strategies and previous products of the school's taskforce activities and suggested the principle of bidirectional approaches of outcome based curriculum development.
RESULTS
The developing strategy identified such as firstly, the evaluation of present curriculum and then, the review of the outcomes developed previously with considering the nation-wide environmental change in medical education. Then, we selected one example course which was focused the resources of the school to, and finally the product of the example course was propagated to the other courses with central monitoring.
CONCLUSION
Bidirectional model of "˜Top-down' plus "˜Bottom-up' approaches could be an efficient way to develop the outcome-based curriculum in a medical school, which has difficulties to advance the developing process due to various reasons including limited resources.

Keyword

Education; Medical; Undergraduate; Curriculum development; Outcome-based

MeSH Terms

Curriculum*
Education
Education, Medical*
Humans
Schools, Medical

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Whole curriculum of Ewha Womans Medical School.

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  Fig. 2 Graduation outcomes of Ewha Womans Medical School.

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  Fig. 3 Development process of outcome-based curriculum of Ewha Womans Medical School.

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  Fig. 4 Developing lesson outcomes from course review. KAMC, Korea Association of Medical Colleges; KMLE, Korean Medical Licensing Examination.

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