Perspective on a Vertical Integration Using Electives—Not with a Bang, but a Whimper
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Rationale—Questions Addressed
3. Current Adjustments to Traditional Education
4. Electives to Expand Core Subject Areas in the Core Curriculum
4.1. Year lV Electives
4.2. Year V Electives
5. Core Subject Areas in the Core Curriculum
5.1. Introduction to the Subject—Education on Death and Dying
5.2. Thanatology and Traumatology
5.3. Anthropology and Osteology
5.4. Forensic Toxicology
5.5. Forensic Genomics and Molecular Techniques, Paternity Testing
5.6. Expert Witness, Medical Error, and Liability
6. Today’s Student-Clinician of the Future
7. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Suggested Topics for Curriculum-Specific Electives (CSEs) | |
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Year V |
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External | |||
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External Opportunities (O) | External Threats (T) | ||
Integrating the curriculum Interaction with clinics/binding with clinicians Meeting student’s affinities Opportunity to introduce the specialistic Topic Broadening interests | anatomical dissection “Learning material shortage” legislative changes clinicians’ interest too narrow in scope/too specialistic for the audience the surgery” scenario | ||
Internal | Internal Strengths (S) | Strategies using (S) to exploit (O) | Strategies using (S) to mitigate (T) |
Core curriculum Academic workload Students’ interests Clinical-preclinical reflections Clear application of any research | Ballance core curriculum and meeting academic workload by introducing CSE! | Keeping the curriculum attractive to clinicians. | |
Internal Weaknesses (W) | Strategies using (O) to reduce (W) | Strategies Defensive to reduce (T) | |
Core curriculum Reduced flexibility Must be long-term curricular reform Organizational ineffectiveness No one is familiar with it and there are no easy exits | Mitigate organizational ineffectiveness and look “out of the box” in suggesting CSE! | Avoid organizational issues! |
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Šoša, I. Perspective on a Vertical Integration Using Electives—Not with a Bang, but a Whimper. Trends High. Educ. 2022, 1, 30-40. https://doi.org/10.3390/higheredu1010003
Šoša I. Perspective on a Vertical Integration Using Electives—Not with a Bang, but a Whimper. Trends in Higher Education. 2022; 1(1):30-40. https://doi.org/10.3390/higheredu1010003
Chicago/Turabian StyleŠoša, Ivan. 2022. "Perspective on a Vertical Integration Using Electives—Not with a Bang, but a Whimper" Trends in Higher Education 1, no. 1: 30-40. https://doi.org/10.3390/higheredu1010003
APA StyleŠoša, I. (2022). Perspective on a Vertical Integration Using Electives—Not with a Bang, but a Whimper. Trends in Higher Education, 1(1), 30-40. https://doi.org/10.3390/higheredu1010003