A Pilot Study of Co-Created Curriculum: Student-Developed Social Medicine Modules to Assess Learning and Bias Recognition (Poster 24)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Friday 9:50 a.m.
  In Poster Session: Division I: Education in the Professions Poster Session

Abstract

In a service-learning based social medicine course, faculty hypothesized that adding a curriculum co-creation approach to a service-learning experience would encourage students to recognize their own perspectives and stereotypes related to communities that were medical underserved. First-year medical students created online modules to teach a specific, local topic in social medicine. The module was created shortly after matriculation and subsequently updated and both versions were independently scored. Pre-post results were compared to ascertain growth in understanding of social medicine and recognition of biases. Scores showed that modules were of good educational quality and suggested some growth in course outcomes. This co-created project met its educational objectives and continuation of the program with substantial refinements in learner assessment was indicated.

Authors

• David Schulman, Emory University

• Maura George, Emory University School of Medicine

• Erica Brownfield, University of Georgia

• Hugh A. Stoddard, Baylor College of Medicine