title: TOWARDS LEARNER-CENTRED MEDICAL CURRICULUM: QUALITATIVE FOCUS GROUP STUDY OF INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCES DEPENDING ON VERBAL ENVIRONMENT.
abstract: There is a strong evidence in medical education literature that the learner-centred curriculum favouring the use of metacognition and self-learning is very proficient. However, ethnocultural and verbal environment may undermine learners' ability to utilise the learning strategies, leading to inefficient learning. This study aimed to investigate the personal preferences of learners in multilingual educational environment prompting the most efficient learning. The study uses qualitative focus group methodology to understand students' opinion on how educational environment influences the efficiency of medical school curriculum.
authors.affiliation: Karaganda State Medical University, Kazakhstan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bukeyeva
authors.affiliation: Karaganda State Medical University, Kazakhstan.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Riklefs
authors.affiliation: Karaganda State Medical University, Kazakhstan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Riklefs
authors.affiliation: Karaganda State Medical University, Kazakhstan.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tashkenbayeva
authors.affiliation: Karaganda State Medical University, Kazakhstan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kassatova
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D007858:Learning; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D013663:Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration*