Curriculum Reports

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Survey Items:
In 2015-2016, the structure of the curriculum during pre-clerkship years:
The curriculum is organized mainly by patient presentations/schema/symptoms
The curriculum begins with a brief introduction to the specific disciplines
The curriculum is mainly discipline based
The curriculum is mainly organ system based
If the curriculum is organ system based, the first year focuses on the normal and the second year focuses on the abnormal
If the curriculum is organ system based, the normal and abnormal are taught together
The curriculum is organized in blocks that combine disciplines based on functional topic areas, such as genes and development
In 2017-2018, the structure of the curriculum during pre-clerkship years:
Consists mainly of discipline-based courses
Consists mainly of organ systems-based courses/blocks
Consists mainly of courses/blocks that combine disciplines based on functional topic areas
Consists mainly of courses/blocks organized according to patient presentations/symptoms (schema)
If the pre-clerkship curriculum consists mainly of organ systems-based blocks,the first year focuses on the normal and the second year focuses on the abnormal
If the pre-clerkship curriculum consists mainly of organ systems-based blocks,the normal and abnormal are taught together throughout the pre-clerkship period
n indicates the number of medical schools that responded to the survey item by selecting one or more organizations.
N indicates the total number of medical schools that participated in the survey for the given academic year.
Note: Each bar is not mutually exclusive and the same medical school may be included in more than one bar.
Source: LCME Annual Medical School Questionnaire Part II, 2015-2016 and 2017-2018.

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