1. Pathology program curriculum development Daniel Rosen,
MD
2. About me Daniel Rosen, MD Pathology Residency Associate
Program Director at BCM, Houston, Texas
3. The Texas Medical Center
4. GOAL Assemble a 2-year long didactic academic curriculum for
the residency pathology program that will start in July 1st
2015.
5. The classroom evolution 1890 Chalkboard 1900 pencil 1930
Overhead projector 1940 Ballpoint pen 1980 Personal computer 2007
Iphone Tablets Social media 1990 powerpoint
6. Teaching-Centered and Learning-Centered
7. Teaching-Centered approach Faculty are lecturers Transfer of
knowledge from teacher to student Time held constant; learning
varies Promote recall
8. Learning-Centered approach Faculty are facilitators, active
students Discovery and construction of knowledge Learning held
constant; time varies Promote understanding
11. Journal club Pubmed Scopus Medscape Google scholar Web of
Science 1. Search Powerpoint keynote Slideshare Prezi Google Docs
2. Create Slideshare Prezi Google Docs Youtube Voicethread 3.
Publish Slideshare Prezi Google Docs Youtube Voicethread 4.
Assess
12. Students dont learn Teachers dont teach
13. Six-Step Approach to Curriculum Development 2. Targeted
needs assessment 3. Goals and objectives 4. Educational strategies
5. Implementation 6. Evaluation and feedback 1. Problem
identification
14. Six-Step Approach Identify health care need Who is
affected? What does it affect? Qualitative and quantitative
effects? 1. Problem identification / general needs assessment
15. Six-Step Approach Identify targeted learners Learn about
targeted learners Informal discussions / Formal interviews Focus
group discussions Questionnaires Direct observation of skills 2.
Targeted needs assessment
16. Six-Step Approach Aid in curriculum content selection Allow
the evaluation of learners and curriculum Conveys to others
curriculum expectations 3. Goals and objectives
17. Six-Step Approach Maintain congruence between objectives
and methods Use multiple educational methods Should use feasible
resources Promote self-directed learning 4. Educational
methods
19. Six-Step Approach Select measurement methods Collect data
Analyze data Report results 6. Evaluation and feedback
20. Academic curriculum July 2015 1
21. 2 year cycle High Yield topics Organ system based modules
End of module evaluations Academic curriculum
22. www.bcm.blackboard.com
23. Conclusions Our program has underutilized powerful
resources Implementation of these resources such as Blackboard will
improve the educational experience The results from the evaluation
will provide useful data to further develop this curriculum