The integration ladder: a tool for curriculum planning and evaluation

• Published in: Medical education Vol. 34; no. 7; pp. 551 - 557
• Main Author: HARDEN, R. M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.07.2000; Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Curriculum; Curriculum subjects: programmes and methods; education; Education, Medical, Undergraduate - methods; education, medical, under‐graduate; Educational sciences; Great Britain; Humans; Interprofessional Relations; medical; Medical and paramedical education; methods; Planning Techniques; Program Evaluation; programme evaluation; teaching; Teaching - methods; under-graduate; United Kingdom; Great Britain; Medicine; Integration; Interdisciplinary Approach; Timeout; Teaching method; Curriculum; Teaching; Undergraduate

Integration has been accepted as an important educational strategy in medical education. Discussions about integration, however, are often polarized with some teachers in favour and others against integrated teaching. This paper describes 11 points on a continuum between the two extremes. • Isolatio...