Innovations at Other Medical Schools

The committee reviewed the curriculum of 14 medical schools, listed below. These were chosen for their known innovations in medical education, use of regional campuses, and/or emphasis on meeting regional needs.

These themes were noted from the medical schools examined:

• Overall competencies (goals and objectives) for the entire curriculum were developed and then courses and clerkships were designed from those competencies
• There was a focus on integration of information into meaningful instructional units that cross clinical and basic science disciplines, with major emphasis on concepts and application rather than memorization
• Teaching and learning methods included more independent and/or small group learning and less lecture time
• Assessment methods related to overall objectives and themes of the curriculum
• Schools capitalized on their regional nature while ensuring consistency of core learning goals and objectives

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• Columbia University 
• Duke University 
• Florida State University  
• Johns Hopkins University
• McMaster University 
• New York University 
• Northern Ontario School of Medicine  
• University of Alabama at Birmingham 
• University of Arizona 
• University of British Columbia
• University of Calgary 
• University of California San Francisco
• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 
• University of Pennsylvania 
• University of Rochester 
• University of Vermont 
• University of New Mexico 
• University of Minnesota 

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