title: Out of the classroom.
abstract: Educational focus for medical students at the University of Iowa is shifting from the classroom to the bedside and the clinic. With the advent of the new curriculum, students will get earlier exposure to a medical practice and spend more time with community physicians.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dordick
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003154:Community Medicine / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D007484:Iowa