Integrating Foundational Sciences in a Clinical Context in the Post-Clerkship Curriculum.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To design, implement, and launch courses that integrate foundational science learning and clinical application in a post-clerkship undergraduate medical school curriculum.

Method

In Academic Year (AY) 15-16, as part of a comprehensive curricular revision, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) formally implemented "Integrated Science Courses" (ISCs) that combined rigorous training in the foundational sciences with meaningful clinical experiences. These courses integrated foundational sciences that could be leveraged in the clinical environment, utilized a variety of instructional modalities, and included quantitative and qualitative (competency-based milestones) student assessments. Each ISC underwent a rigorous quality improvement process that required inpu

SUBMITTER: Dahlman KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5889049 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature