It is suggested that in future the content of the medical curriculum is planned bearing in mind the incidence and prevalence of disease in the community in which the student will practise. This procedure could be used in designing courses in basic sciences as well as in clinical subjects. By reducing the emphasis on teaching historic knowledge, the approach could have economic as well as emotional advantages. The procedure could be particularly valuable in developing countries which are building new medical schools, and which should build new curricula to go with them. In any part of the world it could also be employed, together with property obtained personal information, in identifying the teaching staff whose interests are likely to be pertinent to the curriculum; finally it could serve as a basis for curriculum review.
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W. J. H. Butterfield (1973) studied this question.