Faculty Articles
The Interdisciplinary Generalist Curriculum Project: What did we learn about early clinical experience?
Publication Title
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Publisher
Published for the Association of American Medical Colleges by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISSN
1040-2446
Publication Date
4-1-2001
Keywords
Curriculum, Education, Medical, Undergraduate, Humans, Models, Educational, Preceptorship, Primary Health Care, Program Evaluation, United States
Abstract
This article explores the lessons learned by ten demonstration schools regarding the early clinical experience (ECE) component of the Interdisciplinary Generalist Curriculum (IGC) PROJECT: Students in ECE at these schools participated in longitudinal, one-to-one or two-on-one preceptorships with primary care physician preceptors in outpatient settings. Development of an ECE was a key component of curricular change at each of the IGC Project schools. Shattering the traditional barrier between preclinical and clinical years of the 2 + 2 medical curriculum model helped create a leading edge for innovation at each of the schools. In this article, the authors incorporated evaluation information from several sources, including the external evaluation reports of the IGC Project, final annual reports from demonstration schools, and curriculum evaluations from the coauthors' schools (the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine).
Volume
76
Issue
4 Suppl
First Page
49
Last Page
54
Disciplines
Medical Specialties | Medicine and Health Sciences | Osteopathic Medicine and Osteopathy
NSUWorks Citation
O'Brien-Gonzales, A; Blavo, C; Barley, G; Steinkohl, D C; and Loeser, H, "The Interdisciplinary Generalist Curriculum Project: What did we learn about early clinical experience?" (2001). Faculty Articles. 1368.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_com_faculty_articles/1368
