The document discusses nine different "diseases of the curriculum" that can affect medical education, including curriculosclerosis, carcinoma of the curriculum, and curriculum disesthesia. It also examines different models for structuring medical curricula, such as the teacher-centered versus student-centered SPICES model and the twelve different roles of a teacher including information provider, role model, and facilitator. The document emphasizes that a good teacher wants to be a good teacher and perform their various roles effectively.

1. Good teacher is more
than a lecturer
Rajin Arora, MD
Lampang Hospital

2. If it ain’t broke, Don’t fix it!
Dr W Loren Williams Jr

4. 9 Diseases of the Curriculum
S. Abrahamson (1978)
 Curriculosclerosis
 specialty “ ”
 Carcinoma of the curriculum
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 Curriculoarthritis
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 Curriculum disesthesia
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 Iatrogenic curriculitis
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5. 9 Diseases of the Curriculum
S. Abrahamson (1978)
 Curriculum hypertrophy
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 Idiopathic curriculitis
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 Intercurrent curriculitis
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 Curriculum ossification
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6. How do others fix it?

7. SPICES Model
Teacher-centered S tudent-centered
Information gathering P roblem-based
Discipline-based I ntegration
Hospital-based C ommunity-based
Standard program E lective
Opportunistic S ystematic
Harden et al, 1984

8. lecture
lecture lecture
Roles
lecture lecture
lecture

9. Information
provider
Examiner Role model
Roles
Planner Facilitator
Resource
developer Harden RM
& Crosby J, 2000

10. 12 Roles of Teacher
 Information Provider
1. Lecturer in classroom
2. Teacher in clinical setting
 Role Model
3. On-the-job role model
4. Role model in teaching setting
 Facilitator
5. Mentor
6. Learning facilitator Harden RM
& Crosby J, 2000

11. 12 Roles of Teacher
 Examiner
7. Formal examination
8. Curriculum evaluator
 Planner
9. Curriculum planner
10. Course organizer
 Resource developer
11. Producer of study guide
12. Developer of learning resources
Harden RM
& Crosby J, 2000

12. Please Introduce yourself
• Must perform!
• Wish to perform

13. “A good teacher wants to be
a good teacher.”
Markert RJ. Acad Med 2001; 76(8): 809-10.