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Curriculum Innovation Project Summary Template

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Your name:
TITLE
OVERALL
GOAL
SPECIFIC
OBJECTIVES

_______________________ Institution:________________________________
SHOULD BE BRIEF, TELEGRAPHIC , MUST REFLECT THE PROJECT
GOAL
A one sentence statement which conveys what your project is going to achieve

To achieve the above goal, the statement of the first deliverable in measurable form
To achieve the above goal, the statement of the second deliverable in measurable form
To achieve the above goal, the statement of the third deliverable in measurable form

METHODS

These are description of activities that need to be carried to achieve each of the
above mentioned objectives

These are description of activities that need to be carried to achieve each of the
above mentioned objectives

These are description of activities that need to be carried to achieve each of the
above mentioned objectives

EVALUATION a)PROCESS EVALUATION will evaluate whether:

i) The activities that you planned to achieve the objectives were carried out and
PLANS
expressed in numbers or percentages
ii) The activities that you planned to achieve the objectives were carried out and
expressed in numbers or percentages
b) OUTPUT EVALUATION
i) This is a statement of how you are going to measure whether your specific
objectives have been achieved
ii) This is a statement of how you are going to measure whether your specific
objectives have been achieved

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Sample 1

Curriculum Innovation Project Summary

Your name:

______ Dr. Thomas V. Chacko______PSG IMSR , Coimbatore , India _____

TITLE
OVERALL
GOAL

ENHANCING COMPETENCIES FOR PRIMARY CARE

DURING INTERNSHIP AT PSG I.M.S.R.
To improve two key competencies through continuous feedback & practice sessions during
various Primary Health Centre Postings during Rotation in Community Medicine so that they
are better prepared to function as Primary Care Doctors

SPECIFIC
OBJECTIVES

METHODS

To identify two Competencies for Piloting the Process of Competency development

from among the Four Essential Competencies that each Intern must acquire during
Community Medicine Rotation in Primary Health Centers.

What learning experiences need to be planned in the Primary Health Center to enable
the Intern to gain the identified Competencies?

To develop appropriate Tools for Formative (Peer & Faculty Feedback) Assessment of
these two identified competencies

Make use of the Pull for Change by using Interns Feedback from previous years about
their lack of satisfaction with the learning experiences at the Health centres

Staff meeting and Health Centre data to identify four essential Competencies that
each Intern must acquire.

Conduct Workshops with Faculty & Primary Health Centre Staff to create learning
Opportunities and assessment modalities including checklists for Formative feedback
and Summative assessment

Prepare a Work Manual on the project stating the learning Experiences to be

created for the learning of the two identified Competencies, the tools for Feedback by
Peers and by Faculty

EVALUATION
PLANS

Program Evaluation:
a)

PROCESS EVALUATION will evaluate whether:

Collaborating partners and Pull factors for Change identified

All the planned Activities have been carried out & planned Outputs achieved
The practice has been institutionalized (made into a routine).

b)

OUTPUT EVALUATION:

Document (Work Manual) stating the Key competencies to be achieved and the learning
experiences to be planned to achieve them in the department.
Development of Assessment Tools / Observation Checklists for each of the identified
competencies to give the Interns feedback on their performance
All participating Health Centres start doing Formative and Summative Assessment of the
identified Key competencies of the interns posted to them.
Use the Immediate Outcome Measurement Indicators to evaluate the successful implementation of
the Project

Sample 2

Curriculum innovation project summary

Your name:
TITLE
OVERALL
GOAL

SPECIFIC
OBJECTIVES

Tejinder Singh, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India

Integration of Distance Learning with classroom teaching in a
conventional medical school.
To integrate the principles and practice of Distance Learning (DL) in
conventional classroom teaching. The major focus of this intervention
will be on training the faculty to be able to write for DL, distance
teaching, academic counseling and student support systems.
The proposed intervention banks a lot on training of the faculty to enable
it to acquire a new role, which is substantially different from that of a
conventional medical teacher.
Train the faculty of a conventional medical school in distance learning
techniques.
Enable the faculty to produce self-instructional materials (SIM)
Enlarge the role of faculty from information provider to a manager of
students' learning needs.
Encourage research in DL in the field of medicine.

METHODS

Orientation of the faculty to DL by a series of 3-day interactive

workshops covering principles and methodology of DL, production of
SIMs, distance teaching academic counseling and evaluation techniques
This will be done by plenary sessions, group discussions, written
materials, role plays and assignments.
After an initial exposure to the entire faculty covering the pre-clinical
departments, a core group of people will be identified who will be willing
to write SIMs in their own subject areas. In addition, people will also be
identified who can conduct such workshops for faculty from other
departments.
SIMs will be produced on a time bound basis and will be given a trail run
after an initial approval by the subject experts. They will be evaluated for
their pedagogical utility.
Academic counseling cell will also be created in the institution to address
the academic concerns of the students, with special reference to their
learning needs

EVALUATION
PLANS

The program will run parallel to the conventional teaching program.

Students will take the usual formative and summative tests with the
added input of academic counseling after each test. An additional
component of evaluation will be the attitudinal change. The internal
assessment protocol already in use will be modified to provide certain
additional information on this aspect. The students will also be requested
to provide feedback as detailed above.
Sample 3

Curriculum innovation project summary

Your name:

RITA SOOD,

All India institute of Medial Sciences, New Delhi, India

TITLE

Critical Appraisal of Existing Methods of Assessment in Undergraduate Medical

Education at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), India

OVERALL
GOAL

To document the extent of alignment between the existing assessment methods with the
curricular objectives and expected outcomes of undergraduate medical education at
AIIMS
To study the assessment tools being used to assess the skills and competences
of undergraduate medical students.
To study the perception of the faculty about the adequacy and appropriateness
of assessment methods in relation to course objectives.
To study the perception of recent graduates about the adequacy of the
assessment methods used for in-course and final examinations.
To delineate the alignment of the course objectives with the existing assessment
methods and make suggestions for improvement.

SPECIFIC
OBJECTIVES

METHODS

EVALUATION
PLANS

0
To study departments involved in undergraduate medical education: Medicine,
Surgery, Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology through the following steps :
Advocacy with the Dean, Sub-dean, the faculty and staff of Centre for Medical
Education and Technology about the need for the project.
Creation of a core team for implementation and evaluation
Deriving the key competences and skills required at the end of training from the
existing institutional and departmental documents, in consultation with senior
faculty members from these departments.
A matrix to be constructed to show the key competences and skills, and the most
suitable methods for assessing them ( as suggested in literature).
A survey of the following three groups of people about the existing assessment
methods, their suitability for the assessment of the expected outcomes, and the felt
deficiencies in the existing assessment to be conducted using the methods given
below:
Structured interviews for the heads of departments
Feedback questionnaires from the faculty involved in UG assessment.
Feedback questionnaires from the interns (recent graduates)
The data thus generated to be superimposed on the matrix already developed to identify
the match and mismatch between the expected outcomes and the assessment methods.
The results and suggestions will be presented to the curriculum committee and
disseminated to the faculty.
EVALUATION PLANS
Process Evaluation to ensure :
All the planned activities were carried out
All the major stakeholders involved in the project participated in the process as per
plans
Output Evaluation:
Matrix showing the expected key competencies and skills at the end of the UG
training and the accepted methods
Identification of assessment methods presently used for measuring various
competencies /outcomes
The existing assessment methods superimposed on the matrix already prepared

Identification of the mismatch between the expected outcomes and the methods
being used to measure these outcomes