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ArticleBMC medical education2018

Curriculum mapping as a tool to facilitate curriculum development: a new School of Medicine experience.

Ghaith Al-Eyd, Francis Achike, Mukesh Agarwal, Hani Atamna, Dhammika N Atapattu, Lony Castro, John Estrada, Rajunor Ettarh, Sherif Hassan, Shaheen E Lakhan and 7 more

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Article in BMC medical education, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Ghaith Al-EydDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, California Northstate University, 9700 West Taron Drive, Elk Grove, CA, 95757, USA. ghaith.aleyd@cnsu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1227-7368
Francis AchikeDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science & Medicine, Colton, California, USA.
Mukesh AgarwalDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science & Medicine, Colton, California, USA.
Hani AtamnaDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science & Medicine, Colton, California, USA.
Dhammika N AtapattuDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science & Medicine, Colton, California, USA.
Lony CastroDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science & Medicine, Colton, California, USA.
John EstradaDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science & Medicine, Colton, California, USA.
Rajunor EttarhDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science & Medicine, Colton, California, USA.
Sherif HassanDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science & Medicine, Colton, California, USA.
Shaheen E LakhanDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science & Medicine, Colton, California, USA.
Fauzia NausheenDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science & Medicine, Colton, California, USA.
Tsugio SekiDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science & Medicine, Colton, California, USA.
Matthew StegemanDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science & Medicine, Colton, California, USA.
Robert SuskindDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science & Medicine, Colton, California, USA.
Anvar VeljiDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science & Medicine, Colton, California, USA.
Mohsin YakubDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science & Medicine, Colton, California, USA.
Alfred TenoreDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science & Medicine, Colton, California, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEvery curriculum needs to be reviewed, implemented and evaluated; it must also comply with the regulatory standards. This report demonstrates the value of curriculum mapping (CM), which shows the spatial relationships of a curriculum, in developing and managing an integrated medical curriculum.

methodsA new medical school developed a clinical presentation driven integrated curriculum that incorporates the active-learning pedagogical practices of many educational institutions worldwide while adhering to the mandated requirements of the accreditation bodies. A centralized CM process was run in parallel as the curriculum was being developed. A searchable database, created after the CM data was uploaded into an electronic curriculum management system, was used to ensure placing, integrating, evaluating and revising the curricular content appropriately.

resultsCM facilitated in a) appraising the content integration, b) identifying gaps and redundancies, c) linking learning outcomes across all educational levels (i.e. session to course to program), c) organizing the teaching schedules, instruction methods, and assessment tools and d) documenting compliance with accreditation standards.

conclusionsCM is an essential tool to develop, review, improve and refine any integrated curriculum however complex. Our experience, with appropriate modifications, should help other medical schools efficiently manage their curricula and fulfill the accreditation requirements at the same time.

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LearningSchools, MedicalAccreditationAdvisory CommitteesCurriculumAccreditationCurriculumCurriculum developmentCurriculum managementCurriculum mapping

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PMID30081897
PMCPMC6090862

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