Curriculum mapping: A tool to align competencies in a dental curriculum
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Date
2021
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Health and Medical Publishing Group
Abstract
In response to the adoption of the African Medical Education Directives for Specialists (AfriMEDS) competency framework by the Health
Professions Council of South Africa, all dental schools in the country were required to incorporate and implement the core competencies described in
AfriMEDS in the undergraduate curricula.To describe curriculum mapping as a tool to demonstrate the alignment of an undergraduate dental curriculum with a competency
framework, such as AfriMEDS, in preparation for accreditation and curriculum review.All the module descriptors (n=59) from the first to fifth year of study were included, and outcomes were mapped against the AfriMEDS
competency framework. The presence of AfriMEDS core competencies (healthcare practitioner, communicator, collaborator, health advocate, leader
and manager, scholar, professional) were located (if present) within the module learning outcomes. AfriMEDS core competencies were quantified and
illustrated in the form of a curriculum map.
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Dental curriculum, Undergraduate, Healthcare practitioner, Curriculum mapping, Competencies
Citation
Maart, R. et al. (2021). Curriculum mapping: A tool to align competencies in a dental curriculum. African Journal of Health Professions Education, 13(2), 99-104. 10.7196/AJHPE.2021.v13i2.1257