Table 1 The curricula before and after implementation of the revisions according to the year of medical school
Year | Before | After | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Course name | Total number of hours | Course name | Total number of hours | |
1 | Statistics | 78 | Epidemiology, Statistics, and Research methods | 104 |
2 | Epidemiology | 39 | – | – |
2 | – | – | Health promotion: The physician’s role | 26 |
3 | Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) | 16 | Tools for practicing evidence based medicine | 16 |
3 | – | – | Selected paradigms in epidemiology and public health | 32 |
3 | Use of epidemiologic methods in clinical decision making | 10 | Use of epidemiologic methods in clinical decision making | 12 |
4 | – | – | E-learning course in planning and writing research proposals for the M.D. thesis | 4 |
5 | Principles in planning and writing a research proposal | 6 | Personal meeting with the M.D. students to critically review their proposal for an M.D. thesis | 30 min |
6 | Clerkship in public health and epidemiology | 36 | Clerkship in public health and epidemiology | 36 |
Total Hours | 185 | Total Hours | 230.5 | |