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


4.3 Design: Objectives (9:43) Return to Modules

This lesson describes how to write objectives for facts, concepts, principles and skills.

Time Description
0:00 Introduction
0:14 What is an objective?
1:26 Behavior
3:08 Conditions: givens and constraints
4:58 8Facts objective example
5:40 Concepts objective example
6:32 Principles objective example
7:27 Skill (performance) objective example
8:32 Skill (product) objective example

After watching this video, complete Worksheet 4.3. Objectives.

Then watch Module 4.4. Unit Content.