title: Curriculum change: the importance of team role.
abstract: This paper describes a study examining aspects of team role in the management of curriculum change. The Belbin Team Role Self-Perception Inventory was completed by 25 members (83%) of a faculty curriculum development team. Overall the group showed a preference for the implementer and shaper roles, whilst the completer-finisher role was relatively weakly represented, ranking fifth out of eight possible roles. Older and more senior team members favoured the co-ordinator role, whilst younger and more junior members favoured the team-worker and completer-finisher roles. Some implications of these findings are discussed in the light of the current trend for widespread change in undergraduate medical curricula and the challenges faced by medical schools in a resource constrained environment.
authors.affiliation: University Medical Education Unit, Medical School, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Broomfield
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bligh
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005178:Faculty; D006126:Group Processes; D006113:United Kingdom