Problems and issues in implementing innovative curriculum in the developing countries: the Pakistani experience

BMC Medical Education

Lubna A Baig²  Syeda Kauser Ali¹ 

[1] Department for Educational Development, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan;Medical Education, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University of Health Sciences, Riyadh and Medical Education and Research Unit, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

关键词: Educational leadership;    Evaluation of curriculum;    Change management;    Educational innovation;    Curriculum development;    Community-oriented medical education;   

Others  :  1153717
DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6920-12-31

 received in 2011-08-26, accepted in 2012-05-16,  发布年份 2012

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Ali and Baig; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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