Overall learning outcomes of medical

curriculum

• Deliver effective and holistic care to patients• Communicate effectively, compassionately and with

respectful attitude to patients• Make decisions rationally and ethically when faced with

conflicting choices• Critically appraise available evidence so that they can

apply the best treatment to patients• Have the skills for life-long learning in order to equip

themselves with the new knowledge required

Source : Medical curriculum website Medical student handbooks since 2001

Source : Submission to UGC by the ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong 2008

And alsoMedical curriculum website

Integrated Framework for Aligned CurriculumAdopted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Actual learning

outcomes

Aims/DesiredLearningoutcomes

LearningActivities

FeedbackContent /

Fundamentalconcepts

Assessment

ActualLearningoutcome

Integrated Medical Curriculum

• System based• Horizontal and vertical integration• Early clinical contact• Emphasis on skills : clinical skills,

communication skills and life skills• Improvements on assessments

MB ChB curriculum at the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Source : student handbook and submission to Medical Council 2008

Vertical integration of MB ChB curriculum

PR

OFE

SS

ION

ALI

SM

BASIC MEDICAL

& CLINICAL SCIENCES

CLINICAL SKILLS

CLINICAL SKILLS

INTERNSHIPN

ON

-CO

RE

CU

RR

ICU

LUM

YEAR 1

YEAR 2

YEAR 3

YEAR 4

YEAR 5

Vertical integration

Progression in the programme

• Year 1 – system panel, year-end integrated• Year 2 – system panel• Year 3 – system panel, year-end integrated, Medicine and Surgery

For Years 1-3, clinical and communication skills, family & society, SSM

Year 4 – Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Paediatrics, Community & Family Medicine

Year 5 – Medicine and Surgery

Failures

• Supplementary exams in system panel and clinical examinations

• Year 1 – no repeat after failing supplementary• Total years allowed : seven, three for the yr 1-2,

four for yr 3-5• BSc (Medical studies) for exits after three years

System Panel assessment

• Formative assessment

• Continuous assessment

• Summative assessment

Methodology of assessment

• System panels : MCQs, Extended matching, clinical scenario integrated multiple questions, structured answer question

• Clinical subjects : MCQs, OSCE, Osler, short cases

Benchmarking

• External examiners from overseas

in every subject in the Years 1,

3, 4 and 5 year-end examination• IDEAL in selected subjects

(24 medical schools worldwide)

Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong KongAdministration & Development of Medical Curriculum

Faculty Board

Curriculum Steering Committee

Senate Committee onGeneral Education

Clinical Science Administration

Senate Committee on Teaching & Learning

Faculty Office

Medical Information &Technology Unit

Office of Educational Services

liaise

support

liaise

support

support

support

PHOM

Yr 2 Committee

Yr 3 Committee

Yr 4 Committee

Yr 5 Committee

Yr 1 Committee PCAR

PGIN

PHUS

PMUS

PHES

PHAE

PNEU

PMDT

PREP

PFOS

LLSK

COSK

PCLM

DifferentClinicalModules

SSMCommittee

StudentExchange

&Elective

Monitoring &EvaluationCommittee

withStudent

Representativesfrom all years

Taskforceon

OutcomeBased

Learning

CLEAR Office support

Governance of medical curriculumSource : medical curriculum website

Source : medical curriculum website

Student Academic Advisory SystemFaculty of Medicine

Student Needs

StudentClass

RepresentativesTeachers

Faculty OfficeTel: 26096806

Associate Dean(Education)

Prof. HK Ng,26323335

YearCoordinators

PanelCoordinators

EAS Adviser

Prof. Alisa Shun

26096840

ElectiveAdviser

Prof. Gary Wong

26322857

Office ofAdmissions

andFinancial Aid

26097205

College Offices

CC: 26096991NA: 26097602UC: 26091750SC: 26098538

Student CounsellingService,

Office of StudentAffairs

26097208

Associate Dean(Student Affairs)

Prof. Michael Tam26096878

Associate Dean(Clinical)

Prof. Tony Chung26323489

Curriculum andExamination

Academic Internship

Financial Aid

Counselling

Student mentorship programme

• In participation with the student society• 307 students (47 %) participate currently with 51

teachers / honorary teachers

Teaching hospitals used

Source : submission to Medical Council 2008

Source : submission to Medical Council 2008

Teaching Portfolios for teachers http://tp.med.cuhk.edu.hk

NON-CORE curriculum

Year 4 – Elective

University requirements for Physical Education and IT

(7 weeks)

(6-7 sessions)

Students Elective at Yr 4 (85% go outside Hong Kong)

Comments of the Medical Council visit 2003

• …. To continue to monitor, review and evaluate the progress in curriculum reform

• … the degree of integration of pre-clinical teaching in the new curriculum, which seems to be not as far reaching as in other medical schools, eg PHUS, biochemistry, pathology….

• ..careful monitoring and review of SSM….. The Team urges the Faculty to be discriminating in assessing how objectives are addressed in each topic………

Updating of SSMs throughout the yearsMB ChB curriculum, the Chinese UniversityOf Hong Kong