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Hong, Han, Kim, Choi, Yoon, Jung, and Kim: Implementation of Outcome-Based Medical Education Theory into the Pre-existing Curriculum
Original Article

The Ewha Medical Journal 2017; 40(1): 35-40.

Published online: 31 January 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.2017.40.1.35

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

Young Sun Hong, Jae Jin Han1, Claire Junga Kim1, Hee Jung Choi, Joo Chun Yoon2, Hye-Kyung Jung, Han Su Kim3

Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

1Department of Medical Education, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

2Department of Microbiology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

3Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author: Jae Jin Han. Department of Medical Education, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, 1071 Ahnyangcheon-ro, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul 07985, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2650-5629, Fax: 82-2-2650-5152, jjhan@ewha.ac.kr

Received 27 September 2016       Accepted 5 January 2017

Copyright © 2017. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

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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.

Keywords: Education, Medical, Undergraduate, Curriculum development, Outcome-based

Figures and Tables

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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Table 1

Overhaul of objectives and outcomes of Ewha Womans Medical School

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Table 2

Survey results from M1 integrated course faculties about present curriculum

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Table 3

Planning of clinical presentation introduced to the ‘infection’ course

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TBL, Team Based Learning; CBL, Case Based Learning; CBT, Computer Based Learning.

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