title: An alternative for teaching pharmacology. The conference-centered model (CCM).
abstract: In the 70s and 80s the Pharmacology department at the University of Massachusetts Medical School developed an innovative approach to the teaching of Pharmacology to medical students. The approach, a "conference-centred model" (CCM), was based on the use of small group teaching sessions guided by a structured set of conference questions. Lectures were eliminated if the material which would have been covered was essentially available already in a standard textbook. Thus the student passivity associated with the lecture was replaced by a much more active participation in small group exchanges. This article is a description of the experience.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass., USA. douglas.waud@umassmed.edu
authors.forename: Douglas R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Waud
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010600:Pharmacology / Q000193:education*; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*