Summary: we have to learn many things before we become a doctor and we learn knowledge structrally; we are building up one knowlege on another. This structural knowlege concept are properly taken into our curriculum.
A chemistry teacher told us about our school's carriculum design. (In my opinion this is not a kind of information talked by a chemistry teacher in a usual lecture because this is related to a whole structure of our six year carriculum not limited to a subject of chemistry. see below.)
Six Years Long Carriculum | ||||
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module | year | Subjects | ||
Clinic Module | 6 | Rotation | ||
5 | Surgeory | |||
4 | Physician / General Practice | |||
Pre-Clinic Module | 3 | Pathology | Pathophysiology | Pharmacology |
Basic Module | 2 | Anatomy | Biochemistry | Physiology |
1 | Biology | Chemistry | Physics |
Note: In my opinion these important bird-eyed carriculum information should be officially delivered by a carriculum leader in charge in Orientation because everybody should know this overall information so that Orientaion was a good opportunity to let everybody know. But they did not mention anything about this overall information in Orientation. Instead a chemistry teacher voluntarily let us know. If he had not taught us we would have lacked this essential information.
An Anthropology Teahcer told us an important thing in another aspect; we learn three classifications of subject. (This is also a topic which should not be talked by a teacher in a usual lecture because it is related to a whole curriculum. )
Structure of a subject.
This is how we build up our knowledge in a subject; for example Chemistry and Anatomy.
Chemistry | ||
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semester | year | Subject |
4th semester | 2 | Medical Biochemistry |
3rd semester | Biochemistry | |
2nd semester | 1 | Introduction to Biochemistry |
1st semester | Medical Chemistry |
Anatomy | ||
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semester | year | Subject |
4th semester | 2 | Nervous System and Sensory Organs |
3rd semester | Internal Organs | |
2nd semester | 1 | Locomotor System |
1st semester | None |