The contribution of integrated courses in outcome-based education is crucial. Integration ensures the equipment of basic interdisciplinary knowledge that effectively supports learners’ task performance. Designing integrated courses is challenging due to possible difficulties in simultaneously teaching various learning objectives and linking them while still ensuring constructive alignment. TBL seems to be an appropriate approach for solving this complex task due to its ability to teach various disciplines simultaneously and help learners link concepts. Since 2016, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Hochiminh City (UMP) has implemented its outcome-based curriculum, in which integrated courses using TBL make considerable contributions.
The rationale for using TBL as the core teaching and learning approach for designing our integrated courses is the ability to link various multidisciplinary concepts. Respecting backward design principles, we first identified the most common healthcare issues and then created the list of learning objectives that learners should accomplish. When done, we classified them according to discipline(s) and then attributed them to knowledge which concerns them. We arranged the attributed knowledge in topics/lessons, forming the backbone of each session concerning each specific healthcare issue. During each TBL session, students should learn all topic-related knowledge simultaneously and be able to understand and link them by the end of the session. On the other hand, through TBL application exercises, students enhance their ability to connect and apply multidisciplinary concepts and their critical thinking competence. Task-based assessments’ results have confirmed the effectiveness of using TBL in designing integrated courses.

Authors:
Luan Au, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Hien Nguyen, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Mai Nguyen, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
My Do, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

About the Presenter(s)
Dr Luan Nhut Au is a lecturer and a curricular developer at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Hochiminh City (UMP). His works focus on pedagogical approaches in higher education, especially Team-Based learning for undergraduate training

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