An approach for developing integrated undergraduate medical curriculum

• DOI: 10.12669/pjms.344.14565
• Publication Date: 2018-07-18T08:23:32Z
• Authors: Ashfaq Akram; Farzana Rizwan; Kamran Sattar; Jalal Ibrahim S Hadi; Sultan Ayoub Meo
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 4. Education; Original Article; 3. Good health

Background and Objectives: Medical schools are to develop integrated medical curricula because the term 'integrated curriculum' has grown up flourished globally it become mandatory align education with global concept in Pakistan. This paper aims present a guideline design an undergraduate curriculum.Methods: Various themes used curriculum which basic science, simulation skills, clinical personality development, research, entrepreneurship pre specialization. Each theme is subdivided, termed module its contents primarily focus on particular aspect.Results: Knowledge, skill attitude, embodied or modules, planted specific way that they have horizontal as well vertical integration. There no boundary of various traditional disciplines template five year curriculum. For example, diagnosis carries from medicine, surgery, orthopedics etc.Conclusion: The blueprint introduced this would help educators draft for those institutions intend switch their programs one.doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.344.14565How cite this:Akram A, Rizwan F, Sattar K, S Hadi JI, Meo SA . An approach developing Pak J Med Sci. 2018;34(4):804-810. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.344.14565This Open Access article distributed under terms Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction any medium, provided original work properly cited.