Course Quality Improvement Plans AY 2023-2024
Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK)
Foundations of the Profession (FOP) AY23-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
The FoP leadership will adjust readings and spend more time discussing the nightly readings and the summer book.
Students will have access to the FoP schedule sooner.
Leadership will provide better guidance on homework assignments and provide more concrete expectations for students.
The number of lectures will be decreased, and their interactivity will be increased.
The stereotype session on Friday morning will be reworked to provide better structure. Guidance and development of the College mentors regarding this session will be improved.
Human Blueprint and Architecture (HBA) AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
Leadership will continue to work with the genetics faculty regarding the density and presentation of materials and will look to see if any of the materials can be moved to other blocks or if additional time can be used for this subject.
Leadership will continue to work with the TBL team to update the pre-session materials and establish a better flow for the facilitation of sessions.
The faculty member who presented the signal transduction lectures will be replaced in the 2024-2025 iteration of HBA.
The positioning of the pharmacodynamics/pharmacokinetics lectures (which has never been a concern in previous iterations of HBA) will be reconsidered.
Leadership is working to rectify issues with the slide manager program and will look into the potential to recruit additional faculty or students as teachers for tissue biology laboratory sessions.
Leadership is working to move some of the more difficult sessions in the block to earlier in HBA to reduce the density in the end of the block.
Issues related to the conduct of one of the HBA faculty have been addressed.
Leadership will continue to refresh the CBL cases.
Microbes and Immunity (M&I) AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
Block directors will add an introductory lecture to the virology section.
Block leadership will continue to trim excess detail.
Block leadership will review the NBME examination to ensure that it better aligns with the block materials.
Block directors will adjust lecture content accordingly.
Homeostasis AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
The hematology coagulation lectures will likely be re-written and taught by core faculty.
Questions will continue to be sprinkled throughout lecture sessions using Poll Everywhere.
The new histopathology format will continue to be used.
Renal and Digestion AY2023-24
Plans for Further Development:
Coming soon!
Reproduction and Endocrine AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Brain, Behavior and Movement (BBM) AY2023-24
Plans to address areas for improvement:
Coming soon!.
Physical Diagnosis (PDX) AY2023-24
Plans to address areas for improvement:
Coming soon!
Learning Communities (LC) FMK AY2023-24
Plans to address areas for improvement:
Coming soon!
Research Case AY2023-24
Plans for Further Development:
Course leadership plans to do a better job of introducing students to the course on the first day.
Course leadership will proof the syllabus to make sure it is up to date.
Faculty who were new this past iteration will have a more advanced in understanding how the course works, what comes when, portraying expectations, etc.
Foundations of Health Care Delivery (FHD) 1: Continuity Clinical Experience AY2023-24
Plans for Further Development:
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VPIL 1 AY2023-24
Plans for Further Development:
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Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC)
Medicine FCC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Neurology FCC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Obstetrics and Genecology (OB/GYN) FCC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Pediatrics FCC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Psychiatry FCC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Surgery FCC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Learning Communities (LC) FCC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Research Discovery AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Foundations of Health Care Delivery (FHD) 2: Clinical Systems of Care AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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VPIL 2 AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Immersion Phase
Cancer ISC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Cardiovascular Disease ISC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Clinical Informatics ISC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Community Health ISC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Critical Illness ISC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Diabetes ISC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Emergency Care ISC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Global Health ISC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Healthy Aging and Quality Dying ISC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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High Value Care ISC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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How Doctors Think ISC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Infectious Disease ISC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Injury, Rehab and Repair ISC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Medical Imaging and Anatomy ISC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Obesity ISC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Opioid ISC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Sexual Medicine and Reproduction ISC AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Learning Communities (LC) Immersion AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Research Plan AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Research Immersion AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Foundations of Health Care Delivery (FHD) Immersion Phase AY2023-24
Plans for Further Course Development:
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Healthcare Delivery Week I (August):
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Healthcare Delivery Week II (May):
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Healthcare Delivery Week III (February):
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