OBJECTIVE: To report the formulation and implementation of an organ system based integrated curriculum for MBBS students at Ziauddin Medical University (ZMU) Karachi. STEPS OF INTEGRATION: The Basic Medical Science Faculty (Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry) along with representatives from Medicine, Surgery and Community Health Sciences held joint meetings spread over weeks to design a system based integrated curriculum for the first two years of the MBBS class. Objectives of an integrated course were devised and the duties of term coordinator determined. CONCLUSION: Horizontal integration of Basic Science subjects can be achieved, with the subject specialists coordinating the teaching of a system based as opposed to subject based curriculum. The basic sciences can also be integrated with Community Health Sciences to achieve partial vertical integration.
OBJECTIVE: To report the formulation and implementation of an organ system based integrated curriculum for MBBS students at Ziauddin Medical University (ZMU) Karachi. STEPS OF INTEGRATION: The Basic Medical Science Faculty (Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry) along with representatives from Medicine, Surgery and Community Health Sciences held joint meetings spread over weeks to design a system based integrated curriculum for the first two years of the MBBS class. Objectives of an integrated course were devised and the duties of term coordinator determined. CONCLUSION: Horizontal integration of Basic Science subjects can be achieved, with the subject specialists coordinating the teaching of a system based as opposed to subject based curriculum. The basic sciences can also be integrated with Community Health Sciences to achieve partial vertical integration.