In this course, students will identify, critique and apply various approaches to, and models for, designing a health professions curriculum. Additionally, students will identify the various stakeholders in a health professions curriculum and critically evaluate their impact.

This course is made up of lectures and tutorials in semester 1.

MED5135

Essay relating to the theory of curriculum design and/or its application in a health professions context (50%) - 1800 to 2500 words. (ILOs 1, 2 and 3.)

Weekly posts to online discussion forum (50%) - max 4000 words. (ILOs 1, 2 and 3.)

This course aims to give students the opportunity to:

1. Develop their knowledge and understanding of approaches to, and models for, curriculum design, and how these may be applied in the health professions context;

2. Critically discuss the role of various stakeholders in a health professions curriculum.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

1. Critically evaluate approaches and models for developing a curriculum, including their relevance to a health professions context;

2. Design and implement a health professions curriculum that is balanced between pre-clinical and clinical content; is integrated; is relevant to the clinical context; takes account of various approaches to learning and teaching; and utilises a range of learning opportunities and constructively aligned assessments;

3. Critically discuss the role of various stakeholders in a health professions curriculum and their contribution to the content and governance of that curriculum.

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.