Student feedback about the integrated curriculum in a Caribbean medical school.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Xavier University School of Medicine adopted an integrated, organ system-based curriculum in January 2013. The present study was aimed at determining students' perceptions of the integrated curriculum and related assessment methods.

Methods

The study was conducted on first- to fourth-semester undergraduate medical students during March 2014. The students were informed of the study and subsequently invited to participate. Focus group discussions were conducted. The curriculum's level of integration, different courses offered, teaching-learning methods employed, and the advantages and concerns relating to the curriculum were noted. The respondents also provided feedback about the assessment methods used. Deductive content analysis was used to analyze the data.

Resul

SUBMITTER: Shankar PR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4309931 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature