de Cates, Paul, Owen, Katherine and Macdougall, Colin F. (2018) Warwick Medical School : A four dimensional curriculum. Medical Teacher, 40 (5). pp. 488-494. doi:10.1080/0142159X.2018.1435857 ISSN 0142-159X.
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Abstract
Medical curricula vary hugely across the world. Notions of horizontal and vertical integration and spiral curricula are present in many modern curricula although true integration happens to a varying degree. By seeing the development of a curriculum as fundamentally about integration, rather than as a process of seeking to integrate separate elements, we have developed a program that prepares students well for the complexities and rate of change of practice. The risks inherent in bringing forward the point at which learners need to deal with such substantive and fundamental complexity produces challenges. Such challenges are ones that our students have shown they can not only deal with, they are often better equipped than faculty to provide solutions for themselves, their peers and those who follow them. We present the three dimensions of integration in the Warwick Medical School curriculum and note the fourth dimension provided by our students, being student led teaching and support far beyond what is normally found in medical courses.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Medical colleges -- Curricula -- Great Britain, Medicine -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Medical Teacher |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| ISSN: | 0142-159X |
| Official Date: | 9 March 2018 |
| Dates: | Date Event 9 March 2018 Published 30 January 2018 Accepted |
| Volume: | 40 |
| Number: | 5 |
| Page Range: | pp. 488-494 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1435857 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 26 March 2018 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 March 2019 |
| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/99921/ |
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