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3 rd Annual Conference on Ultrasound in Anatomy and Physiology Education “The Ultrasound Curriculum in Medical Education: Session Design, Integration, and Hands-On Experience” QUICK GUIDE TO GOALS, LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND BLOOM’S TAXONOMY Goals vs Learning Objectives: Goals: Broad outcomes that are expected to be achieved as part of an academic session or program. Learning Objectives: Support goal of session or program and should specify what knowledge, skills or attitudes a learner should demonstrate following instruction. Should be clarifying and should serve as the foundation for assessment. Learning Objectives Should be “SMART” Specific Measurable/Observable Attainable for target audience within scheduled time and specified conditions Relevant and results-oriented Targeted to the learner and to the desired level of learning “Medical teachers agree that the process of writing objectives leads to clarification of intuitively held teaching goals and thus leads to better teaching and testing decisions. To achieve this benefit, educators must invest considerable time, effort and creativity in the process.” Williams RG and Osborne CE (1982) Medical Teachers' Perspectives on Development and Use of Objectives. Medical Education, 16: 68-71

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Page 1: QUICK GUIDE TO GOALS, LEARNING OBJECTIVES …developing questions for students, and designing assessments. Bloom’s (1956) original framework is shown here. More recent work (Anderson

3rd Annual Conference on Ultrasound in Anatomy and Physiology Education “The Ultrasound Curriculum in Medical Education: Session Design, Integration, and Hands-On

Experience”

QUICK GUIDE TO GOALS, LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND BLOOM’S TAXONOMY

Goals vs Learning Objectives: Goals: Broad outcomes that are expected to be achieved as part of an academic session or program. Learning Objectives: Support goal of session or program and should specify what knowledge, skills or attitudes a learner should demonstrate following instruction. Should be clarifying and should serve as the foundation for assessment. Learning Objectives Should be “SMART”

• Specific

• Measurable/Observable

• Attainable for target audience within scheduled time and specified conditions

• Relevant and results-oriented

• Targeted to the learner and to the desired level of learning

“Medical teachers agree that the process of writing objectives leads to clarification of intuitively held teaching goals and thus leads to better teaching and testing decisions. To achieve this benefit, educators must invest considerable time, effort and creativity in the process.” Williams RG and Osborne CE (1982) Medical Teachers' Perspectives on Development and Use of Objectives. Medical Education, 16: 68-71

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Bloom’s Taxonomy: Bloom’s Taxonomy is a hierarchical framework that is used to help educators focus on different cognitive levels of thinking. It can be used to assist educators in designing educational sessions, developing questions for students, and designing assessments. Bloom’s (1956) original framework is shown here. More recent work (Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001) modified this taxonomy, but the basic hierarchy and structure was maintained. Web Resources: Iowa State University- Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching: http://www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching-resources/effective-practice/revised-blooms-taxonomy/ Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine Faculty Development Webpage: http://medicine.hofstra.edu/faculty/facdev/index.html

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