INTEGRATED MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY IN UNDERGRADUATE COMPETENCY BASED CURRICULUM | ||||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
| Article 24, Volume 49, Issue 1, April 2019, Page 201-204 PDF (390.94 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2019.68304 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| HEBA E. ABDEL AATY1; SAFINAZ ADEL ELHABASHY2 | ||||
| 1Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Misr University for Science and Technology, 6th October City and Department of Parasitology, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The paradigm shift of undergraduate medical education in Egypt to competency based and the change role of basic medical sciences from knowledge acquisition in disciplines to contextual learning related to future graduate career. The present work represents a prototype how parasitology and other basic sciences are incorporated with paediatrics as early as the second year of study, although an in-depth paediatrics courses will be in the clerkship phase. A holistic approach for the clinical presentation “Watery diarrhoea in 6 years old immunocompromised child under chemotherapy in a hospital ward” is represented in relation to different relevant learning theories in team based and task based learning strategies for promoting authentic learning since early in undergraduate medical curriculum. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Basic medical sciences; curriculum; Competency; Integrated; Learning Theories; Medical education; Paediatrics; Parasitology; Task based; Team based | ||||
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