The new curriculum transforms the preclinical phase to encourage teamwork, to create a pedagogic model built around inquiry complemented by small group learning to contextualize learning, and integrates the acquisition of clinical skills with the acquisition of knowledge of physiology and pathophysiology.
Curriculum shortened from
24 months to 18
Basic physiology and pathology are taught together to reinforce each other, reducing redundancy and making for deeper understanding. Clinical education begins on day one starting with basic interviewing skills and adding the skills of physical diagnosis and clinical reasoning in concert with the growing knowledge base in organ systems. Students will integrate knowledge of disease at all levels from molecules to society.
Team-Building Approach to Learning
To mirror what is fast becoming the norm of health care practice, preclinical students will enjoy a team-building approach to learning, built around small groups and a mentor. They will learn how to lead, collaborate, and build teamwork. Cross-disciplinary interests will enrich the experience of each member of the group. Postclinical students will serve as peer mentors as appropriate, allowing them to polish their teaching and leadership skills as well as providing to preclinical students the perspective of their recent journey through medical training.
Systems-based exploration of health and disease
Students will learn to understand the human body in health and disease in a systems-based fashion that integrates biological and psychosocial aspects of illness and wellness, along with implications for population-based health issues
Longitudinal, patient-focused development of clinical and diagnostic skills
At P&S, the continuum of medical knowledge — from the molecular to the systems level — is taught in the context of the patient, rather than as isolated collections of facts. Students hone their growing clinical and diagnostic skills through case-based learning that gives them the opportunity to put their expanding body of medical knowledge to the test.
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