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Curriculum Development for Medical
Education:
A Six Step Approach
Section 3: Goals and Objectives
David Kern
Patricia Thomas
Donna Howard
Eric Bass
John Hopkins University Press , 1998
Goals and Objectives
 Goal : broad educational outcomes
 Example Goal of PGY2 resident rotation in
pain management : a PGY2 resident with the
knowledge, attitudes and skills to manage an
uncomplicated patient with post operative
pain .
 Objectives: measurable methods to achieve
goals; how to get there; specific and measurable
tasks
 Who will do what by when and how well?
 At the end of the pain rotation the PGY2 resident will
be able to will have demonstrated the proficiency to
perform an uncomplicated pain history and physical
examination of a post operative patient . She will be
able to present this patient to the pain attending .
Additionally she will be able to prescribe and manage
the dosing of parental and oral pain medication and
remediate their side effects for satisfactory pain relief
in that patient.
Importance of Goals and
Objectives
 Directs the decisions on curriculum
content
 Suggests teaching methods to be used
 Guides evaluation of both learner and the
curriculum
Writing Objectives
 Who will
 Will do what
 How well
 By when
Types of Learner
Objectives
 Cognitive (Knowledge)
 At the end of the pain rotation , the PGY2 resident will be able to
present pathophysiology of post operative pain
 Psychomotor (Skills)
 At the end of the pain rotation the PGY3 resident will have
demonstrated the ability to place an intra-operative epidural
catheter for the management of post operative pain
 Affective (Attitudes)
 At the end of the pain rotation the PYG4 resident will be able to
identify as important neuropsychiatric co morbidities in pain
patients and make appropriate consultations
Suggested wording for educational
objectives *
*Kern et al, Curriculum Development for Medical Education, 1998, p 30
Exercise
 Write one broad educational goal for a
specific rotation in which all your residents
participate
 Write specific measurable educational
objectives of each type and at each PGY
level for your above rotational goal