title: Challenges of Teaching Physiology in an Integrated System-Based Curriculum.
abstract: The transformation of a traditional discipline-based medical curriculum into a system-based integrated curriculum often poses dilemmas to faculty involved in teaching basic medical sciences. This paper examines the challenges of teaching physiology to medical students in a system-based curriculum. Some of these challenges include: defining the core curriculum, curriculum links, sequencing curriculum content, interdisciplinary integration, and student assessment. A number of relevant issues including defining the core physiology content, faculty expertise, and coping and adapting to curriculum transitions are discussed from a personal perspective. For successful implementation of a system-based curriculum and to overcome the challenges, educational issues should be debated in regional and international forums.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
authors.forename: Zuheir
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.affiliation: WHO Centre for Educational Development, CMMS, Arabian Gulf University, Kingdom of Bahrain.
authors.forename: Reginald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sequeira