Curriculum mapping: A tool to align competencies in a dental curriculum

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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