Shaped by what is not seen: Confronting medical education’s shadow curriculum

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Medical education is significantly influenced by a 'shadow curriculum'—comprising informal and hidden elements—that must be explicitly recognized and confronted. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Siew Ping Han; Jennifer Cleland

doi:10.1080/0142159x.2025.2553629

August 31, 2025Medical TeacherOpen Access

Shaped by what is not seen: Confronting medical education’s shadow curriculum

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Just over 30 years ago, Hafferty introduced the concepts of the formal, informal, and hidden curricula to medical education [1,2]. The formal curriculum is that which is offered and endorsed by the...

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