Self-Directed Learning and Undergraduate Medical Curriculum

Document Type : Commentary

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1 Department of Anatomy, Government Medical College Srinagar, J&K, India

2 School of Commerce, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Abstract

With the introduction of the Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) curriculum in India, many new concepts like the Foundation course, Self-Directed Learning (SDL), Early Clinical Exposure, Family Adoption, etc., were included in the curriculum. In SDL, a learner has to plan, develop, adapt, and change in a digital, interactive, and global society. For that purpose, the faculty has to be trained, and learners’ readiness is to be ensured before the start of the SDL sessions. This write-up aims not to find all the literature related to SDL but to emphasize the basic knowledge of SDL required for medical educators.

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Interdisciplinary Journal of Virtual Learning in Medical Sciences
Volume 13, Issue 4 - Serial Number 51
December 2022
Pages 299-305

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