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The Curriculum, Goals, and Highlights

Goals and Highlights

A new curriculum was launched for the academic year 1997-98 to prepare students for the 21st century and ensure that each graduate is prepared to enter postgraduate training programs having competencies in the following areas:

Science of Medicine:

Bioscientific Basis of Disease, Epidemiologic Approach to Medicine, Decision Making, Information Systems, Economics of Health Care.

Technology and Practice of Medicine:

Clinical Practice of Medicine, Prevention and Nutrition, Managed Care and Quality Assurance, Population-Based Medicine, Self-Directed Learning.

Professionalism and Humanism:

Bioethics, Professional Skills and Attitudes.

The majority of basic science will be taught by means of an integrated organ/disease system model, with reinforcement through use of clinical correlations. During the basic science period there will be significant amounts of "unscheduled" or open time during which students may pursue optional opportunities.

Clinical experiences will begin the first day of school and continue throughout the program. Required clinical clerkships will be a mix of both inpatient and outpatient experiences across all disciplines, and basic science will be reinforced on a regular basis.

Following the required clinical clerkships, significant elective time will be available for "selective" experiences and some scholarly experiences.

Outcome assessment:

Curriculum 2000 uses an Honors/Pass/Fail system of evaluation, except during Module 1, when only Pass/Fail is used. Multiple assessments are used in the evaluation process including traditional examinations, presentations, standardized patients, clinical skills assessment, simulations, OSCE, projects and papers and practical exams.

Page Updated: 26-Jun-2007