| The Interdisciplinary Generalist Curriculum (IGC) project: an overview of its experience and outcomes. | |
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PMID: 11299164 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The Interdisciplinary Generalist Curriculum (IGC) Project was a competitive, seven-year demonstration project funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). It was established to determine whether specific interdisciplinary innovations in preclinical medical school curricula could affect students' selection of careers in family medicine, general internal medicine, or general pediatrics. Through collaboration among the three generalist disciplines, the IGC innovation exposed all preclinical students in ten demonstration schools to a new or significantly enhanced preclinical curriculum that included a direct supervised clinical experience with a generalist physician preceptor. The project was managed by an interdisciplinary executive committee that was codirected by one representative each from family medicine, general internal medicine, and general pediatrics. A national advisory committee with representation from the academic and professional organizations of family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, and osteopathy provided input to the executive committee in guiding the project. The project was externally evaluated. Major outcomes of the IGC Project include sustained curricular changes in ten institutions, prompted by relatively few dollars and demonstration of models for collaboration at institutional and national levels. This supplement describes the IGC Project's experience and outcomes so that others may draw pertinent information to apply to their own efforts in medical education. |
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Authors:
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N Kahn; A Davis; M Wilson; S Wartman; R Sherwood; A Nowalk; R Kahn; C Bazell |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges Volume: 76 ISSN: 1040-2446 ISO Abbreviation: Acad Med Publication Date: 2001 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2001-04-12 Completed Date: 2001-05-10 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8904605 Medline TA: Acad Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: S9-S12 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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American Academy of Family Physicians, 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Leawood, KS 66211, USA. nkahn@aafp.org |
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Curriculum* Education, Medical, Undergraduate* / trends Humans Models, Educational* Primary Health Care Program Development Program Evaluation United States United States Health Resources and Services Administration |
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