Designing a curriculum model with a hidden and null curriculum approach and considering the packages of the health system transformation and innovation plan

The aim of the present study was to investigate the hidden and null curriculum in medical sciences in order to design a practical model according to the packages of the transformation and innovation plan "Case Study of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences".

 This qualitative research was a conducted by Granheim and Landman method in three steps include: 1- Semi-structured individual interviews with faculty, administrative staff in educational affairs and medical students in different basic and clinic courses, 2- two group interviews 3- assessing the content of some parts of all medical students logbook include Experiences, criticisms and suggestions from attending in different wards of the hospital and clinical training. .

 After analyzing individual interviews with professors and educational experts, the results showed that the hidden dimensions in the medical curriculum include 17 floors and 79 main codes and its neglected dimensions, including 9 floors and 43 main codes and from analyzing the lived experiences of students in The format of individual, group interviews and analysis of medical records, hidden and null dimensions of the curriculum, based on the design indicators in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences,11 floors and 80 curricula were obtained, based on which, the design of the curriculum model According to the packages of the transformation and innovation plan. The validity of the model was confirmed by the opinion of the elites.

In this study, we analyzed the hidden and null curriculum in medical sciences in order to design a practical model according to the "transformation and innovation plan" packages, which finally designed and presented the proposed model with 4 general themes and 24 floors.