PURPOSE Team-based learning (TBL) has been successfully used in non-medical curricula, but its effectiveness in medical education has not been studied extensively. We evaluated the impact of TBL on the academic performance of Year 2 medical students at Wright State University by comparing this active learning strategy against a traditional method of case-based group discussion (CBGD). METHODS...

Ethiopia recently introduced the Doctor of Physiotherapy (DPT) degree at Addis Ababa University as a mechanism to increase the work force capacity of primary care providers in the health sector. The DPT program was supported by an international academic partnership and was designed to empower physiotherapists as leaders to move the profession forward. The curriculum was framed by core pedagogic...

The Clinical Prevention and Population Health Curriculum Framework is the initial product of the Healthy People Curriculum Task Force convened by the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine and the Association of Academic Health Centers. The Task Force includes representatives of allopathic and osteopathic medicine, nursing and nurse practitioners, dentistry, pharmacy, and physician assi...

Congruence among the Intended, Implemented and Attained “Thinking and Life Style” Curricula in the Eighth Grade M. A. Jamalifar Sh. Hashemi Moghadam, Ph.D. Z. Abedi Karajiban, Ph.D. A.R. Faghihi, Ph.D. The present study was carried out to examine the congruence among the intended, implemented and attained “thinking and life style” curricula in th...