The University of Arizona College of MedicinePhoenix In Partnership with Arizona State University

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The University of ArizonaCollege of
Medicine-PhoenixIn Partnership withArizona
State University
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THE MATRIX

• Arizona Physician Shortage
• Major political influence
• Arizona Board of Regents
• UA COM Tucson 40th Anniversary
• Phoenix Regional Campus (15 years)
• 3rd and 4th year students
• One-third of class

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• State of Arizona residents only
• 600 applicants/year
• Tucson 110 students/year
• Phoenix 24 students ? 150 (4 years)

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EVOLUTION OF PRE-CLINICAL CURRICUA

• Discipline based ? integrated
• Patient centric
• Time (more to less ? lecture)
• Hybrid Lecture, PBL-like cases, virtual labs

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OLD TO NEW

• Yale
• Discipline-Based
• Weekly Pathology Course
• 26 lectures 80 lectures
• 3 labs 30 labs
• Integrated Curriculum
• 13 lectures 40 lectures
• 2 labs 15 labs
• University of Arizona-Phoenix
• 9 lectures 25 lectures
• 2 small groups 15 labs
• 2 labs

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PHOENIX CAMPUS

• No primary clinical affiliate (yet)
• Department of Basic Medical Science
• 30 faculty (including ASU)
• 600 volunteer faculty
• Clinical

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CURRICULUM

• 4 Years
• Objective Driven (Blooms Taxonomy)
• Pre-clinical Integrated, Organ Based
• 7 blocks, clinical anatomy
• Hybrid interactive lectures, labs, small groups
• Clerkships Thematic Rotations
• Ambulatory, Inpatient, Womens Health

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CURRICULUM PILLARS

• Pre-clinical
• Scholarly Project
• 4 years, 4 themes
• Longitudinal Clinical Experience
• 10 patients
• Capstones
• Patient centered, experiential

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CURRICULUM PILLARS

• Clinical
• Scholarly Project
• Longitudinal Geriatrics, Chronic Care, Hospice
• Capstones
• Basic science integration

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PATHOLOGYConventional

• Lectures
• Labs

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PATHOLOGYNovel

• Cases Histology, Pathology
• Capstones
• Pre-clinical ME, Laboratory Medicine
• Clerkship Molecular pathology/translational
• Scholarly Project PI, collaborator
• Clerkship Follow patient

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WEAKNESSES

• Never enough time
• Loss of identity
• Faculty motivation
• Added effort to integrate

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STRENGTHS

• Taught in context, multidiscipline
• Many domains
• Objective driven
• Breadth, depth for USMLE
• All 4 years
• Lab medicine, forensics, molecular path
• Reward for teaching (promotion)

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OUR DISCIPLINEThe Future

• More allopathic schools, no GME change
• University of Michigan 12/200
• The University of Arizona 6/110
• 1.5 of U.S. grads
• Phoenix Campus - ???