A Novel Approach for Evaluating Curricular Redundancy in Professional Education Programs

• In Event: 46.032 - Student Perspectives and Experiences Regarding Education in the Professions

Abstract

Curricular redundancy can be a major problem in many professional education programs (e.g., medical, veterinary, pharmacy, etc. schools), especially those with a highly integrated curriculum. Although some redundancy is desirable, many forms of redundancy are not. Unfortunately, evaluating curricular redundancy and discerning desirable redundancy from undesirable redundancy can be quite challenging. Further, pinpointing undesirable redundancy and quantifying it so as to produce an estimate of inefficiency is even more difficult. This article describes a novel, and promising, student-led strategy for evaluating redundancy in a highly integrated medical school curriculum.

Authors

• Kenneth Royal, North Carolina State University

• Letao Sun, University of Kentucky