Preventive medicine teaching cases in the preclinical undergraduate medical curriculum.
The implementation of the Case-Based Series in Population-Oriented Prevention (C-POP) at the University of California at Davis Medical School is described. The implementation and planning for the integration of a case-based curriculum into a previously didactic-focused preventive medicine course are discussed. Issues include flexibility of the curriculum, student acceptance of case-based learning, and effect of preceptor availability and training on the successful implementation of the C-POP curriculum.
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis, 95616, USA. samccurdy@ucdavis.edu
Stephen A
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McCurdy
D002140:California; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000193:education*; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation