Assessment to transform competency-based curricula

• Published in: American journal of pharmaceutical education Vol. 73; no. 8; p. 158
• Main Authors: Farris, Karen B, Demb, Ada, Janke, Kristin Kari, Kelley, Katherine, Scott, Steven A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Limited 17.12.2009; American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
• Subjects: AACP Curricular Change Summit Supplement; Accreditation; Colleges & universities; Competency-Based Education - organization & administration; Cooperative Behavior; Curricula; Education, Pharmacy - organization & administration; Educational Change; Educational leadership; Educational Objectives; Faculty - organization & administration; Guidelines as Topic; Higher education; Humans; Interprofessional Relations; Models, Educational; Motivation; Organizational change; Outcomes of Education; Program Development; Qualitative Research; Schools; Schools, Pharmacy - organization & administration; Students, Pharmacy; Teaching methods; Time Factors

The objective of this paper was to apply Kotter's 8 steps to transforming organizations as a framework for the role of assessment in competency-based curricular reform. Two analyses were conducted including (1) environmental scan of literature about assessment in curricular reform and (2) quali...