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Principles of clinical medicine: an interdisciplinary integrated 2‐year longitudinal course
Author(s) -
Fields S A,
Toffler W L,
Elliot D L,
Garland M J,
Atkinson R M,
Keenen T L,
Jaffe A C
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1995.tb02801.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , medical education , course (navigation) , curriculum development , process (computing) , clinical science , course evaluation , medline , medical school , faculty development , medicine , professional development , higher education , psychology , pedagogy , alternative medicine , political science , engineering , computer science , cancer pain , pathology , law , aerospace engineering , operating system
SUMMARY In keeping with the Report of the Panel on the General Professional Education of the Physician (Association of American Medical Colleges 1984), Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) School of Medicine is in the midst of revising its curriculum. After a 4‐year process, the Curriculum Committee mandated development of the Principles of Clinical Medicine course, a 2‐year longitudinal course integrating input from both basic and clinical science departments. We describe the steps leading to the course's implementation, its administrative and organizational structure, the evaluation of student performance, teacher training, course curriculum, and the use of interdisciplinary teaching. This course embodies many of the changes called for in the AAMC Report and serves as a model for interdisciplinary education.