Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to HMS Dean for Medical Education Daniel D. Federman '49, HMS developed the new curriculum in the early 80s by combining elements of problems-based learning programs at other schools...
...allowing students to spend time looking up their articles for themselves instead of reading textbooks, professors say the curriculum keeps students active...
Most schools use only some problem based learning courses and are reluctant to make such an extreme change in their traditional styles. Emory Medical School Professor Jonas A. Shulman says that he was highly in favor of the curriculum at first, but then saw some flaws in the program...
...concerned that students may not receive as much information through the different curriculum as they would with a more traditional lecture format...
Financial concerns-small group courses require more faculty than a lecture-based curriculum-also hamper some schools from following...