Creation and Implementation of a Taxonomy for Educational Activities: A Common Vocabulary to Guide Curriculum Mapping

Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Hugh A Stoddard, Erica D Brownfield

Abstract

Undergraduate medical education (UME) has trended toward outcomes-based education, unveiling new issues for UME program organization and leadership. Using a common language for categorizing and linking all program components is essential. The Emory Curriculum Alignment Taxonomy (ECAT) was designed as a common vocabulary for curriculum mapping in the outcomes-based environment of the Emory University School of Medicine. The ECAT, developed in 2016, uses a set of 291 controlled identifiers, or "tags," to describe every educational activity's content, instruction, assessment, and outcomes, and thereby to align teaching inputs with student outcomes. Tags were drawn from external frameworks or developed by local stakeholders. A key feature is the arrangement of tags into eight categories, with the aim of balancing specificity and parsimony. Tags from multiple categories can be combined using Boolean operators to search for specific topics across the curriculum. In 2016-2017, all educational activities were tagged, including classroom events, workplace learning, mentored research, and student assessments. Tagging was done by two assistant deans and course/clerkship directors, which reinforced the importance of aligning instruction wi...Continue Reading

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Aug 17, 2020·Medical Teacher·Hugh A Stoddard, Erica D Brownfield
Sep 22, 2020·Journal of Dental Education·Michael D WolcottTate H Jackson
Feb 26, 2021·Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges·J William EleyHugh A Stoddard

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