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Medical Education - About Us |
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Medical Education
The Medical Education Unit was established to assist and guide the co-ordinated approach to curriculum and pedagogical development for the School of Medicine. We work to ensure high quality curriculum - teaching and learning and assessment across all School of Medicine degree programs. To fulfil these requirements it offers educational expertise and works in partnership with other academic and clinical staff to:
- Maintain the integrity of the educational vision and philosophy for the MBBS across curriculum, themes, evaluation and assessment.
- Document and prepare resources and activities that facilitate others' understanding of their role, and related skills in the MBBS.
- Initiate and advance curriculum development and innovation across the School of Medicine;
- Provide educational advice and assistance to committees related to the MBBS and other degree programs in the Faculty of Health Science and School of Medicine;
- Enact quality improvement and innovation through ongoing research and evaluation in medical education;
- Maintain and develop relationships with other medical schools as appropriate;
- Facilitate liaison between the MBBS program and medical educators at other levels of the medical education continuum and health education professionals.
Domains of operation
There are five domains over which the MEU will operate in the MBBS curriculum and the School of Medicine more broadly.
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| Advocacy |
The MEU articulates the goals of the MBBS course, defends and embeds sound educational principles in the curriculum and communicate experiences and successes of the MBBS in public and scholarly contexts. |
| Consistency |
The MEU maintains and defends the coherence and educational integrity of the MBBS curriculum, through curriculum design and review focusing that focuses on the alignment of goals, strategies and outcomes and
horizontal and vertical integration.
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| Validity |
The MEU actively seeks to establish an evidence base through research to understand, validate and monitor the MBBS curriculum. Evidence will be used to support improvements and rational decision making. |
| Quality |
The MEU initiates and advances curriculum development and support the quality of the MBBS curriculum, and other School curricula, through development of QA processes, staff development and other activities that lead to continuous improvement. |
| Sustainability |
Curriculum practices and learning activities offered within the MBBS and SOM must be innovative, flexible and sustainable to respond to the changing higher education and vocational environment within budget and resource constraints. |
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