The program focuses on developing leadership skills, interdisciplinary team skills, advanced clinical skills, and research skills. Additional components include clinical practica, program evaluation, research, and community-based site visits. Inquiry-based learning provides an alternative to more traditional learning formats in which information is presented and stored away for later application to a problem or issue. In inquiry-based learning, students are presented with a written scenario that promotes interaction around a problem and exploration of a variety of issues such as health assessments, community resources, and the roles of health care professionals. The process encourages students to identify their own objectives or learning needs and to evaluate their own progress.
Tutor provides each group with information one section at a time.
Develop Learning Agenda. Students review and synthesize learning issues and determine priorities. Evaluate the Session. Students evaluate themselves and other members of the group, and make suggestions for improving the group process. Students share information they have found on their learning issue.