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Challenges and Opportunities in Integrated Curriculum of Health Professions Education – A Critical View

Peraman Ramalingam1★, Ramprasad Muthukrishnan2, Subish Palaian3, Subramani Parasuraman4, Zakirul Islam Md5★ Corresponding author

  1. 1Centre for Pharmaceutical Research (CPR), Raghavendra institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (RIPER), Anantapur, AP, INDIA.
  2. 2College of Allied Health Sciences, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
  3. 3College of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
  4. 4Faculty of Pharmacy, AIMST University, MALAYSIA.
  5. 5Department of Pharmacology and therapeutics, Eastern Medical College & Hospital, Camilla, BANGLADESH.

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Peraman Ramalingam

Centre for Pharmaceutical Research (CPR), Raghavendra institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (RIPER), Anantapur, AP, INDIA.

drramalingamp@gmail.com

Received: 10-02-2016; Revised: 29-02-2016; Accepted: 03-03-2016.

Volume 50, Issue 3 · pp. 502–503 · PUBLISHED 2026 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.3.26

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Dear Editor,Integrative learning is a well known learning theory that describes a movement toward integrated lessons, that mean the concept of ‘brought together in to a whole’ and thus helping students make connections across curricula. The integrated curriculum, a dimension of teaching and learning pro cessin developed countries, and is defined as ‘an education system that interlinks different area of learning with a definite line across subject-matter requirement on unifying con cept.1 The concepts of integrated curriculum had traced back in 1960 among educators, but introduced increasingly into health pro fessions education in recent years particularly in the developing countries.

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      Ramalingam, P., Muthukrishnan, R., Palaian, S., Parasuraman, S., & Md, Z. I. (2026). Challenges and Opportunities in Integrated Curriculum of Health Professions Education – A Critical View. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 50(3), 502–503. https://doi.org/10.5530/ijper.50.3.26