Amy M Sullivan, Edward Krupat, Jules L Dienstag, Jakob I McSparron, Stephen R Pelletier, Sara B Fazio, Thomas J Fleenor, John L Dalrymple, Edward M Hundert, Richard M Schwartzstein
PURPOSE: The Harvard Medical School Pathways curriculum represents a major reform effort. Our goals were to enhance reasoning and clinical skills and improve the learning environment and students' approach to learning via use of collaborative, case-based pedagogy; early clinical exposure; and enhanced approaches to teaching and evaluating clinical skills. We evaluated the impact of Pathways on key outcomes related to these goals. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this prospective, mixed-methods study, we compared the last prior-curriculum cohort (2014 matriculation, n = 135) and first new-curriculum cohort (2015 matriculation, n = 135)...
June 28, 2022: Medical Teacher