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INTEGRATED CURRICULUM

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Integrated Curriculum, the cutting edge Study program of #MedUNAV

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The School of Medicine of the University of Navarra has undertaken a change in the Study program of the Degree in Medicine and, from the academic year 2020/2021, offers an Integrated Curriculum.

In 2017, the need was seen to update and adapt the teaching methods of Degree in Medicine, which had already been initially targeted in 2008 with the new Study program. The Integrated Curriculum responds to this need, as it represents a substantial change in the way teaching is organised and delivered in favour of contextualised and related learning.

It is, at final, a commitment of the University of Navarra that changes the way of understanding Medicine and the training of future doctors. This Study program enables students to take the lead in their professional and personal development and to become leaders in the medical profession, motivated by a desire to serve society.

In this context, the professors are a reference professor, research and clinical at the service of the medical training of students. All this, in a unique academic environment in which teaching, attendance health and research go hand in hand and make #MedUNAV a world reference in the teaching of patient-centred medicine.

This vision is based on the mission of the School of Medicine.

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The phases of the project

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  • 2017

    THE NEED TO UPGRADE

    The School of Medicine saw in 2017 the need to update and adapt the teaching methods of the Degree in Medicine, which had already been initially targeted in 2008 with the new Study program.

  • 2018

    October
    WORKSHOP IN PAMPLONA

    In October 2018, a team from Harvard University visited School. During one week they held working sessions with the #MedUNAV steering committee on infrastructure and technology advice, established the action plan, the operating principles of project and presented the latest trends in medical education.

  • 2018

    December
    WORKSHOP AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY

    A team from School went to Boston to work on the development of the new curriculum (subjects, pedagogical principles, counselling, etc.), as well as on the development, management, evaluation, communication and infrastructure plans that would have a direct impact on the new Integrated Curriculum.

  • 2019

    May
    WORKSHOP IN PAMPLONA

    The Harvard team returned to Spain for an intensive stay with the staff of School. During the working sessions, the curriculum plan was finalised and the first course was designed in detail. In addition, the management, development, evaluation and communication plans for the Integrated Curriculum were finalised.

  • 2019

    September
    PLAN DEFINITION professor

    The group of the School finalised the conceptual definition and concretisation of the Study program with the goal to implement it at the beginning of the following academic year.

  • 2020

    September
    FIRST STUDENTS

    As planned, the first class of Integrated Curriculum students started in September 2020.

  • 2020

    November
    OFFICIAL APPROVAL

    November 2020 saw the official approval by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (National Agency for Assessment of Quality and Accreditation) of the new Study program of the School in Medicine.

  • 2022

    May
    WFME INTERNATIONAL QUALITY STAMP

    The Faculty obtained the International Seal of Quality awarded by the World Federation of Medical Education (WFME), after the process of accreditation carried out during the academic year 2021-2022, thus becoming one of the first centers accredited in Spain by the WFME. This seal is an essential requirement for students from any School in the world to be authorized to carry out the specialization program or stays in the USA, Canada, Australia or New Zealand from 2024 onwards.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Integrated Curriculum is a new methodology professor , unique in Spain, accredited by the experience of several leading international universities in the study of Medicine. It represents a substantial change in the way teaching is organised and delivered in favour of contextualised and related learning. 

It is a commitment of the University of Navarra that changes the way of understanding Medicine and the training of future doctors. 

The integrated curriculum implies a development as professor: the teacher will learn to handle different teaching and assessment methodologies. The class lecture is only justified when there is an irreplaceable contribution of value.

In addition, it is a tool that allows to be more effective and efficient: if the methodology is appropriate and the learning is contextualised, the student learns in less time and with greater clinical approach .

On the other hand, it highlights a more interactive and mutually enriching student-teacher relationship, which can easily be extended to counselling.

It also allows for easier integration of student into the dynamics of clinical services and Departments , within a training continuum that extends throughout the residency program.

The Integrated Curriculum includes internships for all students from first to sixth year. These are carried out at Clínica Universidad de Navarra, in the health centres with which the School of Medicine has agreements and in the facilities provided for practice (simulation centre, laboratories, dissection rooms, etc.) at #MedUNAV.

In addition, independently of the clinical internships that all students undertake, the third year is mainly devoted to an intensive year of rotations at the Pamplona or Madrid offices of the Clínica Universidad de Navarra. Throughout this course, students rotate in the six main specialities that the World Federation for Medical Education considers essential in the training of a doctor: Primary Care, Gynaecology, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Paediatrics and Surgery.

The Integrated Curriculum focuses on three lines of integration that favour better learning on the part of student.

Firstly, it links all subjects over the six years of the course to offer progressive, in-depth and lifelong learning. This puts an end to the juxtaposition between basic and clinical subjects, as well as the organisation of subjects in isolation. It also avoids redundant information, optimising time and avoiding discrepancies.

In addition, it analyses which methodology professor and assessment methodology is most suitable for which skill at Degree. Thus, practical learning in the hospital environment no longer runs in parallel and is fully integrated with theoretical teaching right from the first courses, with increasing complexity. The class is seen as one methodology among many others (problem-based learning, collaborative learning or the reverse class ).

Finally, it integrates in all subjects some cross-cutting skills and knowledge from subjects such as epidemiology and preventive medicine, or ethics and professionalism.

In the 1980s, a number of initiatives emerged in North America, most notably at McMaster University, which advocated progressive, interdisciplinary training for future doctors. Forty years later, this curricular integration is now an essential accreditation requirement for all Schools in the USA and Canada. Other medical schools Schools in the Netherlands, England and Germany have followed the same path with very good results.

There is a #MedUNAV team that works to continuously adjust and review the implementation of the Integrated Curriculum. It consists of two people from the Board of the School, 20 members with area responsibilities, the course coordinators and the directors of the Departments.

As planned, the Integrated Curriculum was implemented and is running in #MedUNAV since September 2020.

The National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (National Agency for Assessment of Quality and Accreditation) approved in November 2020 the new Study program of the School of Medicine of the University of Navarra.

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