Strategies for planning and designing medical curricula and clinical teaching.

Student learning is an active and constructive process. The role of a teacher is to provide an environment in which students are able to actively engage with subject matter in order to learn it. This article examines the principal features of good curriculum, course and lesson design and discusses ways in which doctors, in their roles as teachers of medical students and medical trainees can ensure that their teaching prompts learners’ engagement in the learning process.