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The Impact of Small Group Case Based Learning on Traditional Pharmacology

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Added on  2020-05-28

The Impact of Small Group Case Based Learning on Traditional Pharmacology

   Added on 2020-05-28

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Running head: MEDICALAnalysing a case scenarioName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
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1MEDICALAnswer 1Curriculum refers to the comprehensive plan designed and formulated for an educationalor training program that aims to offer improved manpower for fulfilling the ever-increasingneeds of the dynamic society (Savery 2015). The integrated curriculum model focuses onforming a connection between the different areas of study and allows the students to engage inmeaningful and relevant activities that are connected to real life (Oliver and Oesterreich 2013).In contrast, the traditional model of curriculum focuses on the content or the resources that aremade available to the learners or the students. It is based on the individual needs and self-controlof the students, which in turn was dependent on task-based approaches and memorization(Finotto et al. 2013). This case scenario is based on outcome-based education that illustrates the importance ofeducational system around the outcomes that the students will achieve in the learning process.This outcome-based curriculum method can be defined as a learner-centred approach thatemphasizes on the role of a student in real world, upon completion of the program or course(Thistlethwaite 2012). Thus, this outcome-based curriculum model ensures that the students gainthe capability to demonstrate specific achievements, by aligning activities and methods. The casescenario is correlated with this model owing to the fact that small tutor groups have beenformulated with the aim of developing the independent learning skills of the students at the endof the study program (Tune, Sturek and Basile 2013). The study program and instructionalefforts in the medical school has been formulated based on the well defined outcomes that areintended to be achieved in each student, upon leaving the school. Thus, the aforementionedmodel can be correlated with the case with regards to the emphasis on what is to be learned by
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2MEDICALthe students. In this context, a demonstration of learning at the end of the learning experience isthe primary outcome, based on which the model has been formulated (Morcke, Dornan and Eika2013).Curriculum theories are sets of educational concepts that afford an illuminating andsystematic perspective of the curricula (Pinar 2012). While there are several structure-oriented orvalue-oriented theories that are concerned with analysis of the curriculum components and theirinterrelationship, and the assumptions and values of the curriculum makers, the process-orientedtheory seems to apply in this context (Renkl 2014). This theory is primarily concerned withproviding a description of development of curricula and its recommendations (Barth 2013). Thistheory enhances the decision making skills and capabilities of the learners. Thus, it seemsrelevant for this case as it focuses on the processes and skills that are involved in learning (Chen,Chen and Chen 2014). Answer 2 (a)The case scenario involves teaching students in small groups that helps in providing thelearners with the opportunity that makes them more interactive than in group lectures.Furthermore, it facilitates cross-cultural exchanges between the educator and the learners. Theoutcomes that are intended to be achieved are the following:Learners will be encouraged to clarify their ideas- A common concern that arises duringlarge group discussions is related to the reluctance among students to speak. Thus, itbecomes difficult to empathise with individual students in a class. Teaching a limitednumber of students in a small group will help in initiating interaction by eliminating
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