Faculty Perceptions of Ideal Teacher and Curriculum in Health Care Professions

Abstract

In curriculum development concept, the curriculum must be based on extensive assessment of both the need to be met (objectives) and the resources available to meet those needs. The successful facilitation of learning is dependent upon knowing the learner. The implication of this concepts is that a program of continuing professional education designed to improve curriculum development and instructional skill must begin by discovering the current concepts about curriculum and teaching. The objective of this paper is to answer whether the attitudes and beliefs of the health care professionals can be changed through continuing profes sional education. 

The instruments used is a Likert-type scale, consisting of 59 items, entitled “Status of medical and nursing school faculty and curriculum.” The result of the perception is “yes” it can be change through continuing professional education. (Thai J Obstet Gynaecol 1990; 2: 43-58.)