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Table 2 EBHC competencies in Phase I of the medical curriculum

From: Methods used and lessons learnt in conducting document reviews of medical and allied health curricula – a key step in curriculum evaluation

Competencies

Content covered

Module

Theme

Sessions

Teaching approach

Level of Bloom’s Taxonomy

Assessment methods

Enabling competency: Critical Thinking

Problem-solving

Personal and Professional development

4

Not applicable (N/A)

Lecture

N/A

Module guide states: continuous assessment, but no details are provided

Enabling competency: Biostatistics

Descriptive statistics

Health in context

2

5,6,7,9,14,15, 19

Lecture and discussion

Knowledge

Self-assessment and continuous assessment, but no details provided

8,9,16

Practical

Application

Enabling competency: Epidemiology

Study design

Health in context

2

1,2,3

Lecture

Knowledge

Measures of disease occurrence

Health in context

2

10,11,17,20

Lecture

Knowledge

10,11

Practical

Understanding

Essentials of disease processes

3

1,2

Lecture

Knowledge

Short test, class test and exam, but no details provided in the study guide

13

1

Lecture

Understanding

Measures of association and effect

Health in context

2

12,13

Lecture

Knowledge

Self-assessment and continuous assessment, but no details provided

Populations and sampling

18

Lecture

Understanding

Diagnostic accuracy

21,22,23

Lecture

Knowledge

Key competency: Critical appraisal

Criteria/approach used to evaluate clinical study data

Principles of therapy

6

1,2

Lecture, tutorials

Understanding

Test, exam