Overview

Good curriculum planning and design is an essential part of any medical and health professional programme. This module focuses on planning and designing programmes, courses and sessions in academic, health service and clinical settings. This module introduces the concept of curriculum planning and gives students the opportunity to plan, design and evaluate a curriculum in their own educational context.

The indicative content will include: Sharing an understanding of what constitutes a 'curriculum' The political & educational context within which curricula are planned and developed Curriculum approaches, models and structures in medical and HPE The curriculum planning and design cycle Course and session design Lesson planning Evaluation and quality assurance

Assessment Strategy

-good -B+ Good • Exceeds expectations for most primary criteria • Command of subject but with gaps in knowledge • Ideas/arguments are well presented majority are originalB Mid-level • Meets all primary criteria • Strong factual knowledge and understanding • Ideas/arguments are mostly well presented a number are originalB- Meets requirements of class • Meets most but not all primary criteria • Strong factual knowledge with minor weaknesses in understanding • Ideas/arguments are mostly well presented few are original

-excellent -A* Outstanding • Exceeds expectations for all primary criteria • Complete command of subject and other relevant areas • Ideas/arguments are highly originalA+ Excellent - Exceeds expectations for most primary criteria - Complete command of subject - Ideas/arguments are highly originalA Good - Meets all primary criteria - Command of subject but with minor gaps in knowledge areas - Ideas/arguments are mostly originalA- Meets requirements of Class - Meets most but not all primary criteria - Complete command of subject but with some gaps in knowledge -Ideas/arguments are mostly original

-another level-C+ Good within the class • Exceeds expectations for some primary criteria • Strong factual knowledge with some weaknesses in understanding • Ideas/arguments are limited but are well presentedC Mid-level • Matches all primary criteria • Moderate factual knowledge with some weaknesses in understanding • Ideas/arguments are limited presented with weaknesses in logic/presentationC- Meets requirements of class • Matches most but not all primary criteria • Moderate factual knowledge with several weaknesses in understanding • Ideas/arguments are limited presented with weaknesses in logic/presentation

Learning Outcomes

• Apply learning theories to course design, setting learning outcomes and designing a lesson plan

• Critically evaluate & explain different curriculum models and structures, their benefits and disadvantages

• Describe the key principles and learning theories underpinning curriculum design and lesson planning

• Describe the key principles underpinning programme evaluation

• Identify their own educational learning needs