García JM, Blanco BE, Larrea FME, Konyana AW, Cejas PA

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: The school of medicine of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Walter Sisulu University (former University of Transkei) performed three major changes in the medical curriculum during the past 15 years.
Objectives: To analyze the teaching and learning approaches (Problem-Based Learning and Community-Based Education) during the timeframe of the study and comment on the most remarkable aspects.
Material and methods: A longitudinal, descriptive study of the curricular changes of the MB ChB programme, as well as the number of students enrolled in the MB ChB 3 programme per academic year since 1998 up to 2011 were performed. The challenges raised as well as the bases of the changes in the curriculum were describes, as well as the parallel adjustments used, in order to preserve the qualitative standard obtained already. Results: Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and Community Oriented Based Education and Services (COBES) are the cornerstone of the teaching and learning health sciences at Walter Sisulu University.
Conclusions: Integration and working as team among the staff of all involved disciplines per academic year is crucial to reach successful results within the medical curriculum in general and MB ChB 3 in particular.

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