Learning analytics deals with the development of methods that harness educational data sets to support the learning process. One of the major subtasks of learning analytics is to determine the efficacy of a curriculum. In this paper contribution, the authors propose a generic curriculum analytics framework that can act as a useful guide for understanding the key dimensions that have to be consi...

INTRODUCTION Despite the importance of curriculum analysis for internal refinement of a programme, the approach for such a step in under-described in the literature. This article describes the analysis of the medical curriculum at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira (FMUG). This analysis is crucial in the era of innovative medical education since introducing new curricula and curricul...

BACKGROUND The implementation of duty-hour restrictions and a heightened awareness of patient safety has changed resident education and training. A new focus has been placed on high-yield training programs and simulation training has naturally grown to fill this need. METHODS This article discusses the development of a training framework, knowledge, skills, and attitudes, and the design of a ...

First year curriculum design should be intentional, cohesive, and supportive to initiate students into academic life and promote engagement and success in learning. This article discusses the process of design and the use of a framework to support planning for development, delivery, and assessment of learning in first year curriculum in a computing course and the subsequent achievement of stude...

While patients and their families often expect their physicians to discuss the options in end-of-life care,1 medical students and residents often feel unprepared to perform this task in clinical practice.2 At times, health care providers may disagree with patients or their families about the direction this end of life care should take. Learners often desire more organized instruction during the...