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SUNY Downstate College of Medicine Curriculum Renewal

Curriculum Implementation Timeline

 

Implementation Plan

A major decision, announced in April 2011 was to adopt a progressive implementation for the new curriculum, beginning in the fall of 2011, with full implementation of the new curriculum in the fall of 2013. The progressive implementation strategy will involve changes in 2012 in the structure and delivery of Clerkships in the third
and fourth year of the current curriculum, as a prelude to the eventual complete restructuring of the Clerkships and fourth year. In the first and second years of the current curriculum, we will expand the use of new teaching methods, in particular Team-Based Learning (TBL), during 2011 and 2012.

 

Unit Design Process

The Unit Design Process is envisioned to be completed in 4 phases, with a target date of June 2013: (See Document 2 for explanations of various curriculum components)

Phase 1 and 1.5

1. Form Unit and Clinical Skills design teams

2. Develop Learning Objectives

3. Define sub-unit structure and melding of Medical Knowledge, Clinical Skills and Threads

4. Design 2011-2012 pilots

Phase 2

1. Draft Unit design: Modules: Framing cases; Methods; Calendar; Refine resource needs.

2. Implement pilots

Phase 3

1. Obtain design feedback

2. Develop assessment strategy

3. Determine 2012 Pilots

Phase 4

1. Finalize Unit Designs

2. Design learning activities

3. Write assessments

4. Write teaching materials

5. Design and implement 2012 pilots

6. Detailed review of all

Faculty Training and Materials Production

Once the hour-by-hour plan is complete, it will be possible to begin the assignments of all teaching faculty to all activities in all Units, and the design and production of materials can begin for interactive lectures, TBL exercises, small group cases, and other activities. Since many of the exercises will integrate topics like medical knowledge and clinical skills and will require coverage of normal and abnormal together, specific faculty development will be required – see Faculty Development and Assessment, page 18. The Office of Education will also develop guidelines, templates and support for materials development, so that the curriculum has a uniform and coherent look and feel.


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