%0 Journal Article %T Challenges of Curriculum Development for Health Sciences %J Journal Information: New name: ISSN: Past name: ISSN: Frequency: Journal DOI: Peer-review model: Digital Archiving: Disclaimer: %D 2016 %R 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/23498 %X There are many different theories for curriculum design and many affecting factors and challenges when setting or updating a curriculum. It is especially more challenging in health sciences when trying to link the usually knowledge based undergraduate teaching with the postgraduate competency based training. This paper is a literature review on challenges of curriculum development/ design in medical education in the period 1980 to 2012. %U http://www.sciencedomain.org/abstract/13520