This document discusses curriculum goals and objectives for medical education. It outlines a pyramid structure for curriculum development that includes philosophy of education, goals and aims, general and specific instructional objectives. It describes the importance of educational objectives in directing curriculum content and priorities, suggesting learning methods, and enabling evaluation. Educational objectives should be specific, measurable, and describe expected performance in knowledge, attitude, and skills domains. The document also discusses objectives set forth by the Medical School Objectives Project, including that physicians must be altruistic, knowledgeable, skillful, and dutiful.

1. Curriculum Goals and
Objectives
Dr. Shahram Yazdani
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2.  Father forgive them: They know not
what they do !
John Bligh about medical education

3. Curriculum Development
Problem Identification and
General Needs Assessment
Needs Assessment of
Targeted Learner
Setting Goals and
Objectives
Educational Strategies
Implementation
Evaluation and Feedback

4. Content
Specific Instructional
Objectives
General Instructional
Objectives
Goals & Aims
Curriculum Development Pyramid
Philosophy of Education

5. Content
Specific Instructional
Objectives
General Instructional
Objectives
Goals & Aims
Curriculum Development Pyramid
Philosophy of Education
Roles
Curriculum Level
Exit Competencies
Course Level
Objectives
Lesson Level
Objectives

6. Educational objective
 What the students should be able to
do at the end of a learning period that
they could not do beforehand.
 Educational objectives are also called
“learning objectives “as opposed to
“teaching objectives”.
 They define what the student, not the
teacher, should be able to do

7. Importance
 Help direct the choice of Curriculum
content and priorities.
 Suggest learning method
 Enable evaluation of learner, permitting
demonstration effectiveness of a
Curriculum
 Suggest appropriate evaluation method
 Clearly communicate to others, what
Curriculum addresses and hope to achieve

8. Educational objectives should be
specific and measurable
Such objectives should
have five basic elements:
Of what
How much
(how well)
Will do
Who
By when

9. Knowledge
(Cognitive)
Attitude
(Affective)
Each objective can be descriptive of
performance in three domains
ObjectivesObjectives
Skills
(Psychomotor)

10. Types of objectives
Learner objectives
Process objectives
Outcome objectives

11. Outcomes
Future
Roles
General
Characteristics
Exit
Competencies
Care Provider
Manager
Health Advocate
Community Leader
Altruistic
Skillful
Dutiful
Knowledgeable
Competence in clinical skills
Competence in communication skills
Competence to investigate a patient
Competence of mange a patient

12. Medical School Objectives Project
Physicians Must Be:
Altruistic Knowledgeable Skillful Dutiful

13. Medical School Objectives Project
Physicians Must Be:
Altruistic Knowledgeable Skillful Dutiful
Knowledgeable of theories and principles that govern ethical
decision making and major ethical dilemmas in medicine.
Compassionate and respectful for patients privacy and dignity.
Honesty and integrity in all interactions (patients,families, and
others).
Understanding and respect for other health care professionals.
Understanding of the threats to medical professionalism posed
by the conflicts of interest in actual practice of medicine.
Capacity to accept limitations and commitment to improve
knowledge and abilities.

14. Medical School Objectives Project
Physicians Must Be:
Altruistic Knowledgeable Skillful Dutiful
Normal structure and function of the body and each of its major
organ systems.
Molecular, biochemical, and cellular mechanisms that maintain
body’s homeostasis.
The various causes of maladies and the ways in which they
operate in the body (pathogenesis).
Knowledge of structure and function (pathology and
pathophysiology) of the body and its major organ systems.
An understanding of the need to engage in lifelong learning to
stay abreast of relevant scientific advances

15. Medical School Objectives Project
Physicians Must Be:
Altruistic Knowledgeable Skillful Dutiful
Obtain an accurate medical history.
Perform both a complete and an organ specific examination.
Perform routine technical procedures.
Ability to interpret results of commonly used diagnostics
procedures.
Ability to reason deductively in solving clinical problems.
Ability to construct appropriate management strategies for acute
and chronic conditions…
Recognize emergencies and institute appropriate therapy.
Knowledge about relieving pain and suffering of patients.
Communicate effectively, with patients, relatives and colleagues

16. Medical School Objectives Project
Physicians Must Be:
Altruistic Knowledgeable Skillful Dutiful
Knowledge of the important non-biological determinants of poor health and
of the economic, psychosocial, social, cultural factors that contributes
to the development and continuation of maladies.
Ability to identify factors that place individuals at risk for disease or injury,
to select appropriate tests for early detecting of..
Ability to retrieve, manage and utilize biomedical information for solving
problems and making decisions that are relevant to the care of
individuals and populations.
Commitment to provide care to patients who are unable to pay and to
advocate for access to health for members of underserved populations.

17. The doctor as a professional
(2 outcomes)
How the doctor approaches
their practice (3 outcomes)
University of Dundee’s three cycle of competence
What the doctor is able to do
(7 outcomes)

18. The doctor as a professional
(2 outcomes)
How the doctor approaches
their practice (3 outcomes)
University of Dundee’s three cycle of competence
What the doctor is able to do
(7 outcomes)
 Competence in clinical skills
 Competence to perform practical procedures
 Competence to investigate a patient
 Competence of mange a patient
 Competence in health promotion and disease prevention
 Competence in communication skills
 Competence to retrieve and handle information
*

19. The doctor as a professional
(2 outcomes)
How the doctor approaches
their practice (3 outcomes)
University of Dundee’s three cycle of competence
What the doctor is able to do
(7 outcomes)
 Competence in the understanding of basic, clinical and social
sciences
 Competence with respect to understanding of appropriate
attitudes, ethics, and legal responsibilities
 Competence with respect to appropriate decision making clinical
reasoning and judgment
*

20. The doctor as a professional
(2 outcomes)
How the doctor approaches
their practice (3 outcomes)
University of Dundee’s three cycle of competence
What the doctor is able to do
(7 outcomes)
 Appreciation of the role of the role of the doctor within health
service
 Aptitude for personal development
*

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