Pre-Clerkship Years: First- and Second-Year Curriculum

The foundational 21-month pre-clerkship curriculum allows students to spend the majority of their time developing critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills through multiple learning modalities. These include:

• Problem-based learning in which students work in small groups (7-8 students with a faculty facilitator) to collectively solve clinical cases
• Team-based learning with peers and students from other disciplines requiring advanced preparation for discussion and interactions during class, at clinical sites, and in community activities.
• Interactive learning in small group and large group settings.
• Understanding of the human body through state-of-the-art plastinates
• Development of clinical skills, through simulations with high fidelity mannequins and standardized patients.