Abstract

CARRERAS, Josep. The design of new medical curricula in the context of the european higher education area: I.- The starting-point and the previous decisions. Educ. méd. [online]. 2005, vol.8, n.4, pp.15-27. ISSN 1575-1813.

Until very recently the process of construction of the European Higher Education Area, as concern to the medical studies, has been developed at a low speed in comparison to other educational areas; fact that can be partially explained by the difficulties that the existing EEC Directives on undergraduate medical education may represent for the implementation of the two-cycle structure (bachelor/master) established by the Bologna process. This paper analyzes the EEC Directives and the legal norms established in Spain to develop the principles of the European Higher Education Area, and comments the possibilities that they present in order to structure the future medical curricula in the context of a new educational paradigm: the syllabus based on learning outcomes and competencies.

Keywords : Medical curricula; European Higher Education Area; EEC Directives.

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