Curriculum
- The class size each year is 32 students.
- A featured problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum, where small groups of students reinforce and learn concepts by examining medical cases and presenting concepts essential to understanding the case. Unlike traditional teaching methods that use a faculty-driven lecture format, PBL is student-centered and student-driven with active participation from each student in a PBL group, which includes eight medical students and one faculty facilitator.
- Clinical experience. Students are paired with a primary care physician during the first two years. First years have biweekly clinic and second years weekly clinic. Before starting on the wards in the 3rd years students will have already conducted over 100 patient interviews and physical exams.
- Portfolio assessments. There are no grades or comprehensive examinations. Rather students use feedback as evidence of their progress in educational portfolios. This feedback comes from both peer and faculty, allowing students to identify their own strengths and weaknesses as compared to defined performance standards. There are weekly content assessments which consist of multiple choice and essay questions, but these are not assigned formal grades.
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