Needs Assessment Study for a Common Post-Graduate Curriculum in Community Medicine

Abstract

What problem was addressed? A curriculum defines the learning that is expected to take place during a course or programme of study in terms of knowledge, skills and attitudes. The written and published curriculum is the official or formal curriculum. Curriculum or course needs to be monitored and evaluated to ensure that it is working as planned and also to identify areas or improvement. This study was conducted with the objectives to: identify the need for a common Post-Graduate Curriculum; enlist the must know, nice to know and desired to know areas and; enlist the areas for teaching and assessment in Community Medicine in Medical Colleges of a state in India.

Keywords

• needs assessment study
• common post-graduate curriculum
• community medicine