Anesthesiology Module for Competency Based, Integrated Modular Undergraduate Medical Curriculum in Ethiopia

Abstract

Yalew Hassen

Anesthesiology has gradually become one of the largest specialty in medicine [1]. The specialty of anaesthesiology has grown, and separate branches of critical care and pain management have flourished; and perioperative medicine has defined itself as a new focus for anaesthesia in many areas of the world [1,2]. Times have changed in medical education too. Curricula are focusing less on acquisition of knowledge and instead on achieving competencies to equip students for work in complex clinical settings. Couple of years ago, Competency-based medical education (CBME) has been adopted as an evidence-guided alternative to the traditional/ conventional medical education in Ethiopia [3].

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