Kayani Ziyad Afzal, Gilani Irum, Mahboob Usman
Department of Surgery, Azad Jammu & Kashmir Medical College, Muzaffarabad, AJK.
Department of Community Medicine, Azad Jammu & Kashmir Medical College, Muzaffarabad, AJK.
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2018 Jul-Sep;30(3):381-385.
Curriculum is a plan of educational experiences and activities offered to a learner. Curricular reform is a dynamic process. To make a curricular change impactful the curriculum needs to be accepted and followed by all stakeholders otherwise it will be unsuccessful. Change is not readily accepted as evidence suggests that there have been frequent curricular reforms but with little change in medical education. Evidence suggests that teachers agree for upgrading themselves towards recent trends in the field of medical education. In light of these facts perceptions of medical teachers of AJK Medical College were evaluated for the purpose of identification of issues and continuation of this process.
Qualitative study design was used. Study setting was AJK Medical College; duration of study was six months from February 1 to July 31 2014. The interviews conducted with the help of a semi structured guide were recorded, and all the recordings were then fully transcribed. Transcripts were read several times by investigators separately to select units of significance and identifying themes..
Four themes namely curricular design, integrated curricular implementation, teacher's issues and student's issues were identified. Regarding integrated curriculum teachers think that it should be continued in the institution. Teachers believe that proper training is mandatory for the integrated curriculum to be successfully implemented.
It is concluded that teachers should be aware of universal practices in medical education, and the curriculum of their university. Teacher's training is mandatory for implementation and continuation of this curricular reform.
课程是为学习者提供的教育经历和活动计划。课程改革是一个动态过程。为使课程变革产生影响，课程需要被所有利益相关者接受并遵循，否则将不会成功。变革不易被接受，因为有证据表明课程改革频繁，但医学教育变化不大。有证据表明教师们同意朝着医学教育领域的最新趋势提升自己。鉴于这些事实，为了识别问题并延续这一过程，对阿扎德克什米尔医学院医学教师的看法进行了评估。
采用定性研究设计。研究地点为阿扎德克什米尔医学院；研究持续时间为2014年2月1日至7月31日的六个月。借助半结构化指南进行的访谈被记录下来，然后所有录音都被完整转录。研究人员分别多次阅读转录本，以选择有意义的单元并确定主题。
确定了四个主题，即课程设计、综合课程实施、教师问题和学生问题。关于综合课程，教师们认为该课程应在该机构继续开展。教师们认为，要成功实施综合课程，适当的培训是必不可少的。
得出的结论是，教师应了解医学教育中的普遍做法以及他们所在大学的课程。教师培训对于这一课程改革的实施和延续是必不可少的。
