Offer MLM training as elective modules or student-selected components to ease curriculum overcrowding¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 against) · 1 study (1 review), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

To address curriculum saturation and limited protected curricular time, the review reports recommendations to offer MLM training as elective modules or student-selected components. It states: "Proposed strategies to address these constraints include offering MLM training as elective modules or student-selected components, allowing learners to engage with leadership content without displacing core clinical instruction." Additional recommendations include blended or online modalities and interprofessional collaboration.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Institutional capacity to support elective or blended delivery

Constraints¶

• Faculty may prioritize clinical content or lack training to deliver leadership teaching effectively

Target Learners¶

• undergraduate medical students

Target Learning Goals¶

• leadership and management skills without displacing core clinical instruction

Claims¶

• All identified CM/TK courses were elective, so structured culinary medicine teaching reaches only a limited number of German medical students [-W]

Related Strategies¶

• Integrate MLM education longitudinally with experiential learning and robust program evaluation
• Integrate AI literacy across grades and subject-area learning rather than confining it to electives

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Alhadithi Ahmed, Almansour Mohammed. (2025). Leadership and management competency frameworks in undergraduate medical education: a scoping review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-08489-6