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Low-Lift, High-Yield: Integrating Aquifer into Preclinical Curricula
Health professions education is undergoing a transformation. As institutions work to prepare learners for real-world clinical practice earlier in...
Student Preparation & Readiness
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Using Integrated Illness Scripts: Framing Case-Based Learning Cases
At Geisinger Commonwealth Medical School, our new Total Health curriculum is designed to facilitate the integration of basic science, clinical...
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Improving Student Confidence and Performance with an Engaging Hybrid Clerkship
At Windsor University School of Medicine, we have adopted pieces of our COVID-19 learning design and resources to create a long-term hybrid rotation...
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Six Activities to Get Started Integrating Basic Science and Clinical Learning
“There is only one way to eat an elephant: a bite at a time.” (Desmond Tutu) Making a small change in the way you teach can have a significant impact...
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Student Experience: Bridging the Gap Between Coursework and Patient Care
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, both students and faculty involved in medical education have been asked to remain “flexible and nimble” during these...
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Easing the Transition to Clinic: An Approach to Preparing Students
One of the most challenging transitions that medical students make is from the pre-clinical years to the clinical/clerkship years. Students must make...
The Pre-Clinical Pace: Using Cases for Early Learners
If you want to use Aquifer cases as a clinical correlate in basic sciences classes just assign one case per week (e.g. pediatric case about cystic...