To begin talking about the clamor to use technology in our medical school clinical curricula, let’s start by talking about the predecessor to tablet computers, the humble sheet of white paper. It can be big or folded to fit in almost any pocket; edited by anyone with a computer, pen or pencil; lost; shredded to […]
Challenges in Integrating Surgery with Other Clerkships
One hundred years after Flexner’s recommendations on medical school structure, many schools are re-examining their curricula, some of which is summarized in a recent Carnegie report [1]. Many are moving toward integrated curricula, which have been implemented in parts of various schools (e.g., Harvard, UCSF) and for all students at the University of South Dakota […]