Twelve Tips for Designing an Inclusive Curriculum in Medical Education Using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Principles

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Journal MedEdPublish (2016)

Specialty Health Services

Date 2024 Mar 15

PMID 38486517

Authors

Karl Luke

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Abstract

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. An inclusive curriculum anticipates and provides strategies to support a diverse range of learners. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) offers medical educators three core principles, which can be used to design curriculum objectives, activities, instructional materials, and assessments with embedded flexibility, equitability, and representation to support diverse learners. Drawing on the available literature and author experience, this article presents twelve tips based on UDL principles for designing and implementing an inclusive curriculum in medical education. This article also questions the purpose of medical curricula and makes recommendations for fostering inclusivity within and beyond the curriculum setting.

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