Do they teach what they need to? An analysis of the impact of curriculum mapping on the learning objectives taught in a lecture series in surgery

Abstract

The presented method for mapping a curriculum effectively increased the number of taught learning objectives without requiring longer lecture durations.

Nationaler Kompetenzbasierter Lernzielkatalog (NKLM) und neue Ärztliche Approbationsordnung ÄApprO 2025 – ein Wegweiser für O & U

“…u.). Die chirurgischen Fächer verabschiedeten einen "NKLC" [5], der die chirurgisch unabdingbaren (thematischen) Lernziele definierte, diese auch den chirurgischen Fächern zuordnete, undgewissermaßen vorausschauend (siehe NKLM 2.0)auch die einzelnen (von chirurgischer Seite erwarteten) Handlungskompetenzen vorschlug. Ein neues Curriculum wird mehr Lehrstunden als bisher beinhalten (s. o.…”

Critical fail concepts in surgery: highlighting the “must-know” concepts

“…• declared curriculum -the curriculum intended by the faculty • taught curriculum -the content taught by the educator • learned curriculum -the LOs achieved by the students Distinguishing among these types of curricula can reveal if there are gaps on how and when intended knowledge is transmitted to the student. In a recent article by Sterz and colleagues, 5 less than 60% of the 83 declared curriculum LOs were actually addressed in the 32 surgical lectures delivered at their institution. To our knowledge, this is the only publication that addresses the gaps between declared and taught curriculum, and we sought to elucidate any As the vast majority of medical students do not pursue further postgraduate surgical education, we suggest that failing to achieve certain learning objectives (LOs) has greater potential consequences than others.…”

“…Distinguishing among these types of curricula can reveal if there are gaps on how and when intended knowledge is transmitted to the student. In a recent article by Sterz and colleagues, 5 less than 60% of the 83 declared curriculum LOs were actually addressed in the 32 surgical lectures delivered at their institution. To our knowledge, this is the only publication that addresses the gaps between declared and taught curriculum, and we sought to elucidate any gaps between declared and learned curriculum in the undergraduate surgical education program at our institution.…”

Surgeons’ participation in the development of collaboration and management competencies in undergraduate medical education

“…Lafleur et al propose to use clinical studies to teach professional roles explicitly [33]. The method of curriculum mapping itself represents another possibility to sensitizes lecturers for objective based teaching, and effectively increased the number of taught objectives in surgery [34]. However, further attempts to support lecturers with the handling of the catalogue are necessary to achieve a competencybased curricular change [35].…”