Training the Trainer
Outcomes-Based Education
By
Dr Malik Zaben
Do we need an outcome-based
approach?
What is outcome-based education?
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A performance-based approach at the cutting
edge of curriculum development and offers
powerful way of changing and managing
medical education
It requires:
Statement of learning outcomes
Decisions about the curriculum
Benefits of OBE
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Highlights the competencies to be achieved
Is necessary given the rapid advances in health
sciences
Ensures consideration is given to important
topics that otherwise may be neglected
Emphasizes accountability and transparency
Points students in the right direction
Provides the basis for allocation of resources
Benefits of OBE
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Ensures the assessment is more valid
Provides continuity
Flags up problems in the curriculum
Help teacher select the topics
Enables curricula to be compared
Specifying learning outcomes
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It is the first step in implementing learning
outcomes
The driving body (GMC in the UK)
Specific to the context of the country
Can be shared across geographical borders
A top-down and a bottom-up activity
Stakeholders
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University staff
Hospital practitioners
General practitioners
Recent graduates
Students
All health care professionals (nurse/ health allied)
Employers
Patients and the public
Approaches
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A clinical incidence survey
Studies of error in practice
Task analysis
Study of existing curricula
Interviews with recent graduates
Communicating learning outcomes
The CANMEDS Physician
Competency Framework
Implementing and outcome-based
approach
OBE implementation inventory