Curriculum Renewal MD Undergraduate Program

Why Change?

Goal of Renewal The goal of renewing the MDUP curriculum is to develop and implement a transformative curriculum that will produce Doctor of Medicine graduates who will meet not only the current health care needs of British Columbians, but also those of the future.

Principles of Curriculum Renewal 1.Social responsibility and accountability 2.Competency-based curriculum 3.Integrated student assessment 4.Flexibility 5.Scholarship 6.Integration 7.Continuity 8.Responsive to the Health care system

MD Undergraduate Mission & Goals Outcome Goals: Preparation for postgraduate residency Students meet or exceed exit competencies Residency & practice aligned with societal needs Pursuit of research, teaching and leadership International leadership in distributed medical education Our mission is to admit and educate students who will graduate with demonstrated competencies and behaviours that will equip them to address the current and future health care needs of British Columbians.

Governance

Renewed Course Structure

Clinical Week Presentations (Case Order)

Systems Cardiology Dermatology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Hematology Infectious Disease Microbiology Nephrology Neurology OBGYN Orthopedics Pediatrics Psychiatry Psychology Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pulmonary Urology

Themes  Medical Sciences  Diagnostic Sciences  Treatment  Populations, Diversity, and Equity  Care of Patients, and  Scholarship  Medical Sciences  Diagnostic Sciences  Treatment  Populations, Diversity, and Equity  Care of Patients o Clinical Skills o Professionalism o Medical Ethics o Collaboration / Interprofessional Care o Health System Improvement o Leadership o Patient Safety and Quality Improvement o eHealth Informatics  Scholarship  Medical Sciences  Diagnostic Sciences  Treatment  Populations, Diversity, and Equity o Public Health - Prevention And Control o Special Populations - First Peoples o Special Populations - Geriatrics o Special Populations - Palliative Care o Special Populations - Addiction Medicine o Global Health o Health Advocacy  Care of Patients, and  Scholarship  Medical Sciences  Diagnostic Sciences o Diagnostic Imaging o Clinical Laboratory Techniques - Laboratory Diagnosis  Treatment  Populations, Diversity, and Equity  Care of Patients, and  Scholarship  Medical Sciences  Diagnostic Sciences  Treatment o Pharmacology, Therapeutics, Complementary /Alternative Therapies o Non-Pharmacotherapy Disease Management - Counselling o Non-Pharmacotherapy Disease Management - Surgery o Non-Pharmacotherapy Disease Management - Rehabilitation o Non-Pharmacotherapy Disease Management - Nutrition and Exercise  Populations, Diversity, and Equity  Care of Patients, and  Scholarship  Medical Sciences o Anatomy and Embryology o Physiology o Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease o Genetics o Biochemistry and Molecular Biology o Pathology o Histology  Diagnostic Sciences  Treatment  Populations, Diversity, and Equity  Care of Patients, and  Scholarship  Medical Sciences  Diagnostic Sciences  Treatment  Populations, Diversity, and Equity  Care of Patients, and  Scholarship o Scholarship o Evidence Based Medicine (EBM)  Medical Sciences  Anatomy and Embryology  Physiology  Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease  Genetics  Biochemistry and Molecular Biology  Pathology  Histology  Diagnostic Sciences  Diagnostic Imaging  Clinical Laboratory Techniques - Laboratory Diagnosis  Treatment  Pharmacology, Therapeutics, Complementary / Alternative Therapies  Non-Pharmacotherapy Disease Management - Counselling  Non-Pharmacotherapy Disease Management - Surgery  Non-Pharmacotherapy Disease Management - Rehabilitation  Non-Pharmacotherapy Disease Management – Nutrition and Exercise  Populations, Diversity, And Equity  Public Health - Prevention and Control  Special Populations - First Peoples  Special Populations - Geriatrics  Special Populations - Palliative Care  Special Populations – Addiction Medicine  Global Health  Health Advocacy  Care Of Patients  Clinical Skills  Professionalism  Medical Ethics  Collaboration / Interprofessional Care  Health System Improvement  Leadership  Patient Safety and Quality Improvement  Ehealth Informatics  Scholarship Scholarship Evidence Based Medicine

Spiraled Integration Key elements of the spiral curriculum are: Learners revisit topics several times throughout the program. The complexity of the material increases with each revisit. New concepts build on previous learning.

Spiraled Integration

Year 1 Week Template

Assessment Written Examinations (including progress tests and criterion-referenced testing) Portfolios Workplace-Based Assessments (WBA), and Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) Four Assessment Modalities

Implementation Schedule

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