The Essence of a Core Curriculum

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The Essence of a Core Curriculum

• KIs Utbildningskongress 2003
• Peter Grenholm Carl Savage

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The Core Curriculum

• Common to all students.
• Covers competencies essential for the practice of
  medicine.
• Includes knowledge, skills and attitudes.
• Requires a high standard of mastery from the
  student.
• Added to and built on, in subsequent stages of
  the curriculum or phases of education.

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3 Monsters
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Wurststopfen
Anonymity
Fragmentation
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Project CorC-EK
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Our Goals

• That the Karolinska Institutet will become a
  world leader in medical education.
• That the method description for Core will be
  applicable to the different programs of the
  Karolinska Institutet.

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The Essence of Core
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Two Paradigm shifts in Education

• The student cant know everything.
• Each student doesnt know the exact same thing.
• Duncan Neuhauser

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The Core Curriculum

• Common to all students.
• Covers competencies essential for the practice of
  medicine.
• Includes knowledge, skills and attitudes.
• Requires a high standard of mastery from the
  student.
• Added to and built on, in subsequent stages of
  the curriculum or phases of education.

• Competencies
• Ethics
• Use of new technology
• Self-learning
• Critical review
• Individual problem-solving
• Cooperation/Collaboration

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How do we develop a Core Curriculum?

• Ask.

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How do we develop a Core Curriculum?

• How would you describe what students learn in
  your course for those who teach prior to or after
  your own course?
• How does your course contribute to the overall
  development of the student?
• How do you build upon what students know when
  they come to your course?
• Which competencies are developed/cultivated in
  your course?

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The Essence of Core Curriculum?

• Dialogue.

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Want to be involved?

• peter.grenholm_at_mf.ki.se
• carl.savage_at_lime.ki.se
• www.lime.ki.se/the_karolinska_presence
• We would like to thank
• Prof. Kirsti Lonka, CUL
• Prof. Mats Brommels, MMC
• Dekanus Vivi-Anne Sundqvist
• Karin Rosanders fund

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• Från en tid- kompetensinriktad utbildning

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The Karolinska Coherence
AT-läk
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• Set the stage
• Goals
• The situation as it stands today
• CorC-EK set the context and let life unfold
  Maximize possibility.
• Define the goal and strive for it.

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