In an AAMC survey of all U.S. medical schools, it has become evident that the 10 schools featured in the report are typical of a national trend toward major changes in the structure and organization of the curriculum, adopting innovative pedagogical strategies for enhancing students' learning, improving the methods used to assess students performance and focusing greater attention on the professional development of faculty as teachers and educators. Unfortunately, Whitcomb finds that the majority of curriculum changes occur in the first two years, with little to no innovative change in the largely department-dominated years three and four. That's where the suitable patients are. He explained that most inpatients at MUSC are already diagnosed and undergoing specialty care, whereas the outpatient and community settings provide opportunities to develop skills for interacting with patients and diagnosing illnesses. The faculty was concerned about the public's devaluation of personal physicians.
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