Table 4 Strategies, policies, and tactics to enhance LOs
Strategy: Designing LOs tailored to each course and based on the expected competency as set in the M.D. program | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Policies and tactics | Short-term (one year) | Mid-term (five years) | No feasible | No idea |
Policies | ||||
Adoption of an appropriate educational strategy in the M.D. curriculum to design LOs conforming to clinical contents and learners’ level | 42.8% | 28.6% | 14.3% | 14.3% |
Provision of continuous educational team development on the design and management of LOs | 71.4% | – | 14.3% | 14.3% |
Availability of programs to continuously assess the performance of the educational team and supervision to manage LOs | 57.1% | 28.6% | – | 14.3% |
Tactics | ||||
To identify the LOs in line with the contents of the clinical curriculum for clerks and interns | 80% | 20% | – | – |
To implement the vertical integration strategy between clinical science and basic science in the M.D. program | 14.3% | 42.9% | 42.9% | – |
To launch a record and management system of clinical LOs that is available at all supervisory levels | 50% | 16.7% | 33.3% | – |
To distinguish between educational and therapeutic heath service with an aim to reduce the number of patients in educational health service and teach via collaborative learning and problem-solving | 14.3% | 42.9% | 42.8% | – |
To use educational setting with various actual patients corresponding with educational objectives to show ways to manage a patient | 28.6% | 57.1% | 14.3% | – |
To use multimedia and educational films to teach how to reduce clinical cases in line with educational goals | 85.7% | 14.3% | – | – |
To use other student-centered educational methods (such as role-play, questioning, brainstorming and …) | 28.6% | 57.1% | 14.3% | – |
To provide a non-threatening educational environment and to build confidence for learners | 57.1% | 14.3% | 28.6% | – |
To continuously supervise learners to determine expected learning outcomes and to design new educational methods if necessary | 57.1% | 42.9% | – | – |