Table 2 The 5 most important Faculty and University sources of information pertaining to awareness of curriculum reform for each year group. *82.1% of students (range: 68.4–97.7%) had heard from Faculty sources and 4.7% (range: 4.0–5.3%) had heard from the University of Natal (NU) sources.
From: Communicating curriculum reform to students: Advice in hindsight.....
Ranking of source of information | |||||
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Year of study | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
First ( n = 178) | Students: 38.2% | Lecturers: 31.5% | Dean: 6.7% | Faculty admin: 4.8% | NU Prospectus: 4.5% |
Second ( n = 166) | Students: 31.3% | Lecturers: 24.7% | MSRC: 6.0% | NU Prospectus: 4.2% | Med ical library notice board: 3.0% Medical School campus: 3.0% |
Third ( n = 193) | Students: 24.4% | Lecturers: 17.1% | Med library notice board: 9.8% | MSRC: 4.1% | Curriculum organisers: 3.6% |
Fourth ( n = 131) | Students: 24.4% | Lecturers: 21.4% | Med library notice board: 19.8% | MSRC: 14.5% | Curriculum organisers: 6.9% |
Fifth ( n = 124) | Students: 18.6% | Library: 16.1% | Lecturers: 13.7% | MSRC: 10.5% | Tutors: 4.8% |
All years ( n = 792) | Students: 28.0% | Lecturers: 22.1% | Library: 8.8% | MSRC: 7.1% | NU Prospectus: 3.0% |