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What is a spiral curriculum

Ronald M. Harden
- 01 Jan 1999 - 
- Vol. 21, Iss: 2, pp 141-143
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This article is published in Medical Teacher.The article was published on 1999-01-01. It has received 511 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Curriculum development & Curriculum mapping.

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Challenges and Opportunities Facing Medical Education

TL;DR: A spiral-model format for a curriculum of medical education, based on disease mechanisms, is presented that addresses many of the internal and external challenges confronting undergraduate medical education and incorporates sound educational principles.
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The integrated curriculum in medical education: AMEE Guide No. 96.

TL;DR: The history and theory behind integration is introduced and theoretical models alongside published examples of common variations of an integrated curriculum are provided, leading to the use of a new, clarified definition of “integrated curriculum”.
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Simulation: not just a manikin.

TL;DR: The different types of simulation equipment are introduced, and a good understanding of simulation technology and terminology will likely lead to more thoughtful and cost-effective purchases.
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Orienting Teaching Toward the Learning Process

TL;DR: The learning-oriented teaching (LOT) model aims at following and guiding the learning process, and reflects a philosophy of internalization of the teacher's functions in a way that allows optimal independent learning after graduation.
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Have motivation theories guided the development and reform of medical education curricula? A review of the literature.

TL;DR: Motivational processes may be a substantially undervalued factor in curriculum development and building curricula to specifically stimulate motivation in students may powerfully influence the outcomes of curricula.
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The Process of Education

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Educational strategies in curriculum development: the SPICES model

TL;DR: Six education strategies have been identified relating to the curriculum in a medical school and each issue can be represented as a spectrum or continuum: student‐centred/teacher‐Centred, problem‐based/information‐gathering, integrated/discipline‐based, community-based/hospital‐based and systematic/apprenticeship‐based.
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AMEE Guide No. 14: Outcome-based education: Part 1-An introduction to outcome-based education

TL;DR: Outcome-based education offers many advantages as a way of reforming and managing medical education, and can provide a clear and unambiguous framework for curriculum planning which has an intuitive appeal.
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Ten questions to ask when planning a course or curriculum.

TL;DR: This brief practical aid to course or curriculum development cannot replace educational qualifications or experience, but it does examine ten basic questions, any of which may be all too easily neglected.
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The new Dundee medical curriculum: a whole that is greater than the sum of the parts

TL;DR: The medical undergraduate curriculum at the University of Dundee has evolved in response to changing needs, and the new curriculum, introduced in 1995, combines idealism and pragmatism.