TY - JOUR
T1 - The pioneer cohort of curriculum reform
T2 - Guinea pigs or trail-blazers?
AU - McLean, Michelle
PY - 2005/7/15
Y1 - 2005/7/15
N2 - With curriculum reform, whether we admit it or not, the first cohort of students will be 'testdriving' the new programme. Not only are they the pioneers of a new curriculum, but as they progress through their studies, they experience each year of the innovation for the first time. As curriculum designers, we learn from their experiences and their feedback to improve the programme content and delivery, invariably for subsequent cohorts. A considerable onus therefore rests with this pioneer group, and their contribution to curriculum design, evaluation and programme revision should be valued.
AB - With curriculum reform, whether we admit it or not, the first cohort of students will be 'testdriving' the new programme. Not only are they the pioneers of a new curriculum, but as they progress through their studies, they experience each year of the innovation for the first time. As curriculum designers, we learn from their experiences and their feedback to improve the programme content and delivery, invariably for subsequent cohorts. A considerable onus therefore rests with this pioneer group, and their contribution to curriculum design, evaluation and programme revision should be valued.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=23244461221&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1186/1472-6920-5-26
DO - 10.1186/1472-6920-5-26
M3 - Comment/debate/opinion
C2 - 16018820
AN - SCOPUS:23244461221
SN - 1472-6920
VL - 5
JO - BMC Medical Education
JF - BMC Medical Education
M1 - 26
ER -