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Implemented under the supervision of Med School Dean Daniel C. Tosteson '44, the New Pathway emphasizes small group tutorials over large lectures, less rote memorization of medical facts and more discussion of case studies...
...Tosteson says that some faculty were concerned that the series would not be able to portray the curriculum accurately. He says he supported the project, and was fairly pleased with the first show...
...thought that in many ways it was a very constructive evocation of what happened. It captured very well the enthusiasm and energy and intelligence of our students," Tosteson says...
...only complaint, he says, is that "I thought it missed completely the excitement and the importance of discoveries in modern science for medical education," an essential part of the New Pathway. Tosteson says he hopes future episodes will capture this aspect more successfully...
Early on, some faculty members feared that the program would require an inordinate number of professors and that tutors would have to spend too much time in the classroom, Armstrong says. In response to these problems, Medical School Dean Daniel C. Tosteson '44 promised a "clinician educator track," she says, which would reward professors who choose to invest large amounts of time teaching...