Evaluation of a competency based medical curriculum in a Sub-Saharan African medical school.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical schools in Sub-Saharan Africa have adopted competency based medical education (CBME) to improve the quality of graduates trained. In 2015, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MaKCHS) implemented CBME for the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) programme in order to produce doctors with the required attributes to address community health needs. However, no formal evaluation of the curriculum has been conducted to determine whether all established competencies are being assessed.

Objective

To evaluate whether assessment methods within the MBChB curriculum address the stated competencies.

Methods

The evaluation adopted a cross-sectional study design in which the MBChB curriculum was evaluated using an Essential Course Evide

SUBMITTER: McKenzie-White J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9569118 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature