Curriculum Analysis for a Local Medical School in Singapore

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Introduction
Curriculum refers to a designed document describing the experience of students in their
learning process. It shows educators goals or school instructions which learners should follow to
achieve their learning outcome. The purpose of this paper is to analyze and describe the
curriculum of a local medical school in Singapore and how it intended to deliver its aims.
Analysis of the curriculum
In my experience as a medical student, I came across a local medical school curriculum
whose aim was to promote professionalism and excellence in medical education by supporting
faculty development and scholarships. The students under this medical curriculum were provided
with increased emphasis on generic medicine. The main objective of this curriculum was to
enable students to become competent doctors who can take care of the increasing number of
patients within Singapore communities. In order to achieve missions of the school, healthcare
roles and challenges were identified 110 years earlier to prepare their graduates for future and
emerging medical issues and challenges (Kim, M, Tan and Talaue 2013, pp.289).
The curriculum was designed to address immediate challenges faced by its graduates
while on their duties of practice. It outlined the issue of population growth and increase related
disease. This was addressed by increasing technological investment and an increasing number of
healthcare educators to enable a wide number of population training on management of medical
issues through nursing or clinical care (Lam et al. 2013, pp.23).
The curriculum was also rooted in the community setting thereby requiring healthcare
educators to provide essential skills to their students necessary to help them communicate
effectively and sensitively with their patients. According to the curriculum, empathy is a key trait
for a doctor demeanor. The curriculum required students who joined their learning institution to

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have the privilege to care and serve patients through respect and compassion. Graduates who
pass through this institution were required to have the values of the school and understand the
importance of knowledge gained from their studies.
Since the school had large support from the community during their establishment in the
1990s, the curriculum required their graduates to always remember they still owe the community
a better healthcare service. This is the privilege and responsibility for all graduates and also as
the reason for the existence of a higher learning institution. The curriculum indicates an effective
relationship between medical school and the Singaporean community through community health
screening that targets to increase the bond between the school and the community. The elderly
and low-income residents are the most targeted to receive medical services from the medical
school. During the screening programs, patient referrals are made to patients who require further
investigation in treatment and attention (Kasapoğlu and Yıldırım 2018, pp.1).
The school also uses a competent and compassionate approach that emphasizes
Longitudinal Patient Experience programme in the practice of medicine as well as medical ethics
for all students to undergo. Students have to spend time with community members, observe and
interact with them through an extended period of time. This helps students to learn easily and
understand issues of healthcare and patient needs in the course of their work; helping them to
center on patient ́s wellbeing. This curriculum is constantly reviewed and updated according to
the focus on the patients to ensure students are well prepared and equipped to function
effectively and independently. This provides other integrated teams in the medical field
opportunity to focus on other issues affecting patients thereby ensuring timely address of patients
needs as well as good patient satisfaction.
The curriculum stated that effective teaching in the school was facilitated by a lively