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Curriculum Development and Assessment of Practical Skills

Objectives. Understand the purpose and structure of the new urology curriculumUnderstand the assessments that support the new urology curriculumEspecially assessments of technical skills. A Personal Scenario. November 2007: Urology

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Curriculum Development and Assessment of Practical Skills

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    1. Curriculum Development and Assessment of Practical Skills Ian Eardley

    2. Objectives Understand the purpose and structure of the new urology curriculum Understand the assessments that support the new urology curriculum Especially assessments of technical skills

    3. A Personal Scenario November 2007: Urology “3 year” curriculum is failing Trainees feeling undertrained Trainers feeling that urological trainees were undertrained Urology curriculum introduced 2 years before ISCP was launched EWTD increasingly “biting” (Almost) no “Core” urology posts advertised December 2007: Discussion with PMETB PMETB Director of Quality agrees that new curriculum is appropriate The new curriculum needs to be in place by August 2008 The new curriculum needs to be submitted to PMETB by March 2008

    4. How do you write a Curriculum? What is a Curriculum? How does a Curriculum differ from a Syllabus?

    5. PMETB Standards for Curricula and Assessment Systems Curriculum A statement of the intended aims and objectives, content, experiences, outcomes and processes of a programme, including a description of the structure and expected methods of learning, teaching, feedback and supervision. The curriculum should set out what knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours the trainees will achieve Assessment A systematic procedure for measuring a trainee’s progress of achievement, against a defined criteria to make a judgement about a trainee Assessment system An assessment system refers to an integrated set of assessments which is in place for the entire postgraduate training programme and which is blueprinted against and supports the approved curriculum

    6. Alternative Scenario Scenario: You are a Chinese multibillionaire investing in a new car factory in the UK Questions: How to you build a car factory?

    7. How to you build a car factory? What types of car are needed? What type of car will this factory produce? Which parts of the car are essential (and which are optional)? In what order should the parts be put together? What is the mechanism for putting the car together (??assembly line) What degree of automation? What is the process of quality control? How are the details of the new car communicated? What is the ambience of the factory? How is the factory managed?

    8. UROLOGY CURRICULUM What are the needs of the service? What is the purpose (aims/objectives) of the curriculum? What content should be included? How should content be organised? What educational strategies should be adopted? What teaching methods should be used? How should assessment be carried out? How should details of curriculum be communicated? What educational environment or climate should be fostered? How should the process be managed? CAR FACTORY What types of car are needed? What type of car will this factory produce? What parts of the car are essential? In what order should the parts be put together? What is the mechanism for putting the car together (??assembly line) What degree of automation? What is the process of quality control? How are the details of the new car communicated? What is the ambience of the factory? How is the factory managed? How do you write a Curriculum?

    9. UROLOGY CURRICULUM What are the needs of the service? What is the purpose (aims/objectives) of the curriculum? What content should be included? How should content be organised? What educational strategies should be adopted? What teaching methods should be used? How should assessment be carried out? How should details of curriculum be communicated? What educational environment or climate should be fostered? How should the process be managed? CAR FACTORY What types of car are needed? What type of car will this factory produce? What parts of the car are essential? In what order should the parts be put together? What is the mechanism for putting the car together (??assembly line) What degree of automation? What is the process of quality control? How are the details of the new car communicated? What is the ambience of the factory? How is the factory managed? How do you write a Curriculum?

    10. What are the needs of the service? Office urologist Core urologist DGH general urologist DGH general urologist with an interest Sub-specialist urologist

    11. What is the purpose of the Curriculum? Office urologist Core urologist DGH general urologist DGH general urologist with an interest Sub-specialist urologist

    12. What content should be included? (How much detail?)

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