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. 2007 Jul;14(2):4-10.

How to develop a core curriculum in clinical skills for undergraduate medical teaching in the school of medical sciences at universiti sains malaysia?

Shahid Hassan  1
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How to develop a core curriculum in clinical skills for undergraduate medical teaching in the school of medical sciences at universiti sains malaysia?

Shahid Hassan. Malays J Med Sci. 2007 Jul.

Abstract

Clinical skills program as a laboratory method is a valuable adjunct to other forms of undergraduate medical training. This article describes the process of developing a core curriculum in clinical skills based on the Dundee model for a clinical skills centre. The School of Medical Sciences, in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has been provided with a well equipped skills centre. However, the PBL curriculum in the undergraduate medical program in the school needs to be integrated with a clinical skills lab program. This is to counter the general feeling that the contribution of PBL is insignificant in terms of building clinical competency in an integrated system such as that used in USM compared to the traditional curriculi of other medical teaching institutions in Malaysia. Integrating clinical skills laboratory training with the PBL curriculum will provide evidence of PBL as an effective and innovative method for teaching and learning in Malaysia.

Keywords: Clinical skills; core curriculum; integrated clinical skills program; skills lab.

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Figure 1 :
Diagramatic presentation of School of Medical Science Undergraduate Curriculum
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Schema of the steps of principal curriculum development protocol (stages) as adapted from Syme-Grant et al (2005)
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