Office of Medical Education
Research and Development
College of Human Medicine

Office of Medical Education
Research and Development
College of Human Medicine

How to Develop a Curriculum: A Self-Paced Tutorial

Christopher Reznich, PhD, Deborah Sleight, PhD, John Williamson, MA, Stephen Yelon, PhD


2. Needs Assessment (5:55) Return to Modules

This lesson describes how to do a needs assessment to determine if you need a curriculum.

Time Description
0:00 Introduction
0:24 Determine need
1:23 Why do a needs assessment?
2:25 Internal evidence of need
3:10 External evidence of need
4:11 How much evidence is needed?

After watching this video, complete Worksheet 2. Needs Assessment.

Then watch Module 3. Do you have the necessary resources?