title: Canadian multidisciplinary core curriculum for musculoskeletal health.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the level of agreement among the Bone and Joint Decade Undergraduate Curriculum Group (BJDUCG) core curriculum recommendations for musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions targeted for undergraduate medical education and what the physicians and surgeons of Canada thought to be important at the postgraduate level of education.
  
  
  METHODS
  An 80-item questionnaire was developed. A cross-sectional survey of educators representing 77 Canadian accredited academic programs representing 6 disciplines in medicine that manage patients with MSK conditions was completed. Histograms, Kruskal-Wallis, and principal component analyses were computed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In total, 164/175 (94%) respondents participated in the study. All 80 curriculum items received a mean score of at least 3.0/4.0. Sixty-four out of 80 items were ranked to be at least 3.5/4.0, and 35 items were ranked to be at least 3.8/4.0, suggesting that these items may be core content for all disciplines.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The World Health Organization declared the years 2000 to 2010 as The Bone and Joint Decade. The main goal is to improve the quality of life for people with MSK disorders worldwide. One aim of the BJD is to increase education of healthcare providers at all levels. The BJDUCG established a set of core curriculum recommendations for MSK conditions. Our study gives reliable statistical evidence of agreement among what the BJDUCG recommended for an MSK core curriculum for medical schools and what the physicians and surgeons of Canada thought to be important for residency education in several disciplines.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University Medical Media Information and Technologies, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
authors.forename: Veronica M R
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Wadey
authors.forename: En-Tzu
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abelseth
authors.forename: Parvati
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dev
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Olshen
authors.forename: Decker
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D003625:Data Collection; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases; D010820:Physicians