MBBCh Curriculum Review Report
- Lisa Rautenbach
The interim task team for the MBBCh curriculum review completed their report in December.
The report was compiled to update the Faculty of Health Sciences community, in its widest sense, about developments regarding the review of the MBBCh programme.
The review process of the MBBCh curriculum was initiated in 2013 and a list of core competencies was formulated for the Wits graduate. A number of workshops were subsequently held and a revised curriculum was proposed early in 2016. As a result of a Faculty Board meeting in June 2016, additional consultations were added to facilitate further enrichment of the process of developing the revised curriculum and to ensure the buy-in of the students, Faculty staff and all stakeholders – who would have to drive and deliver the curriculum. These consultations were undertaken in September 2016.
The report captures the numerous points raised at these consultation sessions and therefore serves to further enhance the curriculum revision process. Points raised relate to the following areas:
Principles to be embedded in the revised curriculum
- Structure of the revised curriculum
- Content of the revised curriculum
- Delivery/implementation of the revised curriculum
- Student-centeredness of the curriculum
- Extension of the teaching platform
The report highlights that the MBBCh curriculum review should:
- be seen in the light of other Faculty imperatives eg. increasing the number of doctors in the country, increasing the exposure of students to primary health care, the need to review the current programme IPE
- be informed by a vision – in terms of the kind of doctor we want to produce and also how learning should take place
- be informed by a process of mapping the current curriculum to ensure horizontal and vertical integration of content
- be done collaboratively and holistically to avoid biased departmental preferences
It is envisaged that consultations will be extended to include private practitioners, interns and staff of the Department of Health and will continue until March 2017.
Please to access the report.