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Assessing Institutional Preparedness of Pakistani Medical Schools towards Curriculum Change Using MORC

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  • Sadiq, Ayesha
  • Khan, Rehan Ahmad
  • Mahmood, Babak
  • Ashraf, Muhammad Furqan

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Purpose: Changing community needs and disease patterns are the major stimulator for change in medical curriculum throughout the world. The process of change depends on many factors that come under the umbrella of organizational readiness for its successful implementation. Inappropriate planning and low levels of organizational readiness for change will result in failure of change process.Methodology: A quantitative study design was chosen for this study. Medical school’s organizational readiness questionnaire (MORC) was used to collect data. The questionnaire consists of 53 items further categorized into three scales and twelve subscales. The questionnaire was distributed among faculty members of four medical colleges of Punjab, collected data was coded and descriptive and inferential statistics were applied for analysis using SPSS. Analysis revealed that all four medical colleges were having good organizational readiness to adopt change.Findings: The results of descriptive analysis showed, that majority of the respondents (47%) were agreed that their medical school, is in preparatory phase, 29%respondents showed that their institute is in more than two years of implementation phase of curriculum change, 23.8% agreed that in their medical school is in first two years of implementation phase.Implication: MORC is a reliable instrument for assessing institutional preparedness for curriculum change.

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  • Sadiq, Ayesha & Khan, Rehan Ahmad & Mahmood, Babak & Ashraf, Muhammad Furqan, 2021. "Assessing Institutional Preparedness of Pakistani Medical Schools towards Curriculum Change Using MORC," Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, CSRC Publishing, Center for Sustainability Research and Consultancy Pakistan, vol. 7(3), pages 687-698, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:src:jbsree:v:7:y:2021:i:3:p:687-698
    DOI: http://doi.org/10.26710/jbsee.v7i3.1884
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