Building a Standardized Subinternship Curriculum: A Strategic Framework for Success Article

Sairenji, T, de la Cruz, MSD, Stumbar, SE. (2025). Building a Standardized Subinternship Curriculum: A Strategic Framework for Success . PRiMER (Leawood, Kan.), 9 10.22454/PRiMER.2025.191392

cited authors

  • Sairenji, T; de la Cruz, MSD; Stumbar, SE

authors

abstract

  • Developing a national medical education curriculum presents challenges including institutional differences, multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and varying perspectives on educational best practices. Factors that contribute to successful curriculum design and implementation include a systematic approach, careful planning, intentional collaboration, and active inquiry. Modeled after Kern’s 6-Step Approach for Curriculum Development for Medical Education, we authors provide a practical and iterative framework for other medical education leaders to utilize when creating and disseminating large-scale curricula across institutions. We share insight and tips from the experience of developing a national family medicine subinternship curriculum that was based on specialty values and competency-based assessment. We provdie an example of how this framework can be best utilized for development of durable and relevant curriculum that will provide a reliable standardized clinical experience that is also flexible enough to allow individual institutions to customize the rotation to their unique characteristics.

publication date

  • January 1, 2025

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volume

  • 9