If this hypothesis is correct, we would see higher learning gains on final exam questions pertinent to the curriculum, compared with other exam questions. Figure 4 shows the results of the final exam analysis from 2012.
Table 2 outlines the core curriculum content pertinent to hand and wrist conditions that residents should know by the completion residency.
The theoretical framework constructed above identified two curriculum development "arenas" pertinent to the current study along with three conceptual lenses that could be used to analyze a TDT's efforts as they create a STEM-integrated curriculum.
The review suggests other pertinent criteria than the undergraduate curriculum to select the candidates for post graduate medical education.
This type of curriculum is not only pertinent to medical students, but is also applicable to other allied health professional students such as pharmacy, physician assistant, and graduate level nursing students.
As the Teaching Awards judges noted in their report: "Using sustainability as a vehicle for education has quite obviously enlivened the curriculum, making it realistic and pertinent to students who are our future".
Mandatory clerkships are pertinent to modern curricula (55% vs. 41% conventional curriculum), which start in the first (13% vs. 4% conventional curriculum) or second year of the training (9% vs. 2% conventional curriculum).
And when we provide that education to any given group, we not only choose the pieces most appropriate for that group, the information is age-appropriate in its presentation, and in the best curriculums it is also culturally competent and pertinent.
Another pertinent study showed that the use of a 'stand-alone' online curriculum in ambulatory care was rated favorably by residents and program directors, and significantly improved test scores [ 9].
Baldorioty de Castro proposed that geometry classes be included in the curriculum of elementary schools in Puerto Rico, which was accepted by the pertinent authority.
Abramoff et al. reviewed the pertinent literature on education in retinal lasers in ophthalmology residency and concluded that there was no standardized curriculum for teaching and assessing resident competencies in retinal lasers [ 11].
