Medical education, perhaps more than at any other time, faces pressures for change in
response to the rapid developments in medical and health care delivery, advances in …

Outcome-based education, a performance-based approach at the cutting edge of curriculum
development, offers a powerful and appealing way of reforming and managing medical …

Visitors to medical schools are usually shown the new clinical skills centre, the computer
learning suite, or the latest interactive response or data projection system with which the …

Significant progress has been made with the move to outcome-based education (OBE) in
medicine and learning outcomes are on today's agenda. Learning outcomes have been …

Outcome-based education is one of the most significant global developments in medical
education in recent years. This paper presents four case studies of outcome-based …

Learning outcomes are broad statements of what is achieved and assessed at the end of a
course of study. The concept of learning outcomes and outcome-based education is high on …

In the move to outcome-based education (OBE) much of the attention has focussed on the
exit learning outcomes–the outcomes expected of a student at the end of a course of studies …

The role of performance assessment in outcomebased education is discussed emphasizing
the relationship and interplay between these two related paradigms. Issues of the relevancy …

Increased attention is being paid to the specification of learning outcomes. This paper
provides a framework based on the three-circle model: what the doctor should be able to do …

Two important features of contemporary medical education are recognized. The first is an
emphasis on assessment as a tool to ensure quality in training programmes, to motivate …