new faculty orientation curriculum restructuring
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New Faculty OrientationCurriculum Restructuring
Curriculum Restructuring Goals
• Increase the amount of time for career exploration electives prior to the deadline for submitting residency applications
• Streamline pre-clinical curriculum by decreasing/eliminating unplanned redundancies and the focus on unnecessary detail
• Create a more sensical grouping of courses and clerkships• Improve medical student well-being
Cellular & Molecular Biology(8 Weeks)
MHR(7 Weeks)
Pharm(7 Weeks)
MHR
Pharm
Pathology (4 Weeks)
Clinical Anatomy(7 Weeks)
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Epi/Bio(3 Weeks)
ACS1 (Longitudinal)Elective (Longitudinal)
ACS1
Elective
ACS1
Elective
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August November March
Phase 1 – Foundations Phase
Neuro7 Wks
BMH2 Wks
Heme3 Wks
Cardio5 Wks
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10 W
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Resp4 Wks
Renal4 Wks
GI SBJ 3 Wks
Endo5 Wks
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Step 1
Study Time
8 Wks
HCE7 Wks
D&D2 Wks
ACS 2Longitudinal
ACS 2Longitudinal
ACS2
Bedside DiagnosisLongitudinal
Bedside DiagnosisLongitudinal
Phase 2 - Core Knowledge Phase March August Dec April
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ACS 2
BDBD
Electives (longitudinal) Electives El Elec
GI 5Wks
Current Third-Year StructureTwo 24-week blocks• Internal Medicine 12 weeks• OB/Gyn 6 weeks• Family Medicine* 6 weeks
• Surgery 8 weeks• Pediatrics 8 weeks• Neuro/ Psych 8 weeks
• ACS3 • Interprofessional Team Seminars
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Internal Medicine(Inpt) (8 Wks)
Surgery (8 Wks)
1 W
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Psych/ Neuro(4 Wks each)
OB Gyn*(8 Wks)
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Family* Med(8 Wks)
Peds(8 Wks)
ACS 3Longitudinal
ACS 3Longitudinal
ACS 3Longitudinal
Phase 3 – Core Clinical Phase May December April
* Includes two weeks for career exploration
Inter-professional Team Seminars IPTS
Fourth-Year Requirements
• Two 3-week subinternships (at least one of which has to be in IM or Peds)• 3-week ambulatory Internal Medicine rotation• 3-week required capstone course• 2 or 3-week Emergency Medicine requirement (2-week if done in year 3, 3-week if done in year 4.
Core Recommendations to Accompany Restructuring Plan
1. Active learning needs to be a greater part of the pre-clinical and core clinical didactic curriculum. Possible strategies include team-based learning, problem-based learning, and interactive case discussions. 2. Emphasis on clinical correlations for basic science material should be enhanced and expanded. 3. Efforts to reduce unnecessary detail in the curriculum should be ongoing. One path to accomplish this would be to institute NBME subject exams as assessment tools in the pre-clinical years.
Core Recommendations to Accompany Restructuring Plan
4. Students need to have greater opportunity for early development of key clinical skills, particularly history-taking and diagnostic reasoning skills. 5. Opportunities to return to the basic sciences in the fourth year should be expanded.