Twelve tips for developing an integrated curriculum.
BACKGROUND
Integration of curriculum is meant to make the teaching/learning activities meaningful; however, the interpretation of 'integration' varies in different institutions and among individuals. Many medical schools find it hard to change their existing curriculum or develop a new integrated curriculum mainly because of lack of will, infrastructure and understanding the process of change.


OBJECTIVE
Drawn from experience, these 12 tips relating to staff development, establishing working groups, organizing the teaching/learning materials under themes and developing some innovative teaching/learning and assessment strategies, are the techniques that a teaching institution can use to change the existing curriculum to an integrated one or develop a new curriculum.


CONCLUSIONS
Knowing about the different levels of integration and steps for developing an integrated curriculum can make it easier to integrate an existing curriculum or develop a new one.
Malik
Alam Sher
AS
Medical Education Research and Development Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia. alamshermalik@hotmail.com
Malik
Rukhsana Hussain
RH
D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration; D018511:Systems Integration