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Beginning in 1997, Penn State University College of
Medicine launched a new curriculum for first and second year medical
students which brings together two prior curricular options--a
traditional lecture track and a problem-based learning track--into a
single integrated curriculum. The integrated curriculum is developed and
taught by interdisciplinary teams of faculty representing specialties
relevant to each instructional block. There is an increasing emphasis on
case-based learning as the student progresses from the first course block
to subsequent blocks in the first and second years.
The humanities curriculum which
was previously taught as small group seminars is now combined with
behavioral science, clinical interviewing, physical diagnosis, issues in
medicine, psychiatry, and the primary care preceptorship into a single
course entitled "Patients, Physicians and Society." The
schedule and offerings for the humanities core courses for first- and
second-year students are listed in the Teaching section. Third-year
students are required to participate in 6 hours of ethics clinical case
conference discussions as part of their third-year medicine clerkship.
During their fourth year, all medical students must choose a humanities
selective course seminar or complete an independent study under the
supervision of humanities faculty. The department is also responsible for
organizing and teaching IBIOS 581: Ethics in the Life Sciences, a
required course dealing with scientific integrity, for all graduate
students enrolled in the Life Sciences Consortium.
PP&S I: Patient Project Essay
Fourth-Year Course Offerings
Awards
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