Experience of Central Nervous System and Special Senses Module Establishment in the Integrated Medical Curriculum at King Abdulaziz University

摘要

Faculty of Medicine at King Abdulaziz University created a new discipline-based curriculum integrated curriculum to be implemented in the academic year of 2006/2007. This study aimed to describe how Central Nervous System and Special Senses (CNS&SS) module was designed as a part of this integrated curriculum. The steps that were undertaken by the CNS&SS module committee included assessing the needs for the CNS&SS module, determine the learning outcome, use evidence based medicine to develop the contents, insuringthe availability of accommodation, select teaching and active learning strategies, plan for assessment, obtaining student feedback on effectiveness of teaching, use data in an interactive way. The module had been successfully implemented for the last 6 years with continuous auditing and improvement based on both students and faculty feedback and recommendation for improvement.