Improving Discipline-Based Undergraduate Medical Curriculum An Evidence Informed Approach /

• Main Authors: D, Kadambari (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), S, Kumar (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Z, Zayapragassarazan (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), SC, Parija (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical education.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Medical Education.

The past few decades have seen the increasing use of evidence in all aspects of healthcare. The concept of evidence-informed healthcare began in the 1990s as evidence-informed practice, and has since become widely accepted. It is also accepted that the training of medical graduates must be informed...

Table of Contents:

• An appraisal of discipline based undergraduate medical curriculum
• Social accountability: the purpose of medical schools
• Basics of curriculum and curriculum change
• Research and evidence in education
• A practical approach to improving discipline-based undergraduate medical curriculum
• Educational leadership
• The curriculum committee
• Faculty development
• Student support
• Educational environment
• Programme evaluation
• The JIPMER experience with phase I MBBS.