Name
Scaling Barriers: Tools to vertically integrate foundational sciences into clerkship years
Date & Time
Monday, June 15, 2020, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Robert Theobald Michelle Duffourc
Description

Reforms in medical and healthcare curricula have called for a transition away from the traditional 2 year basic - 2 year clinical science model to empathize clinical relevance of foundational concepts, start clinical exposure earlier, and encourage vertical integration to promote learner encapsulation.  Many schools have transitioned to shorter preclinical curricula with the goal of moving foundational education into clerkships.  Spiral curricular models exist for effective vertical integration, and evidence supports that integration of foundational and clinical sciences is essential for encapsulation, retention, and transference of critical foundational concepts to clinical practice at all stages of training. However, many institutions struggle with implementation of vertical integration, especially with revisiting or building upon foundational concepts during clinical years.  Despite the benefits to learning associated with this approach, barriers to execution include logistics, faculty issues, limited tools, and insufficient strategies.     The goals of this session are to present examples of highly successful processes for integrating foundational sciences into clerkships from respected pharmacology educators at multiple institutions, to describe how technology and innovative digital resources can help scale some barriers, and to promote interactive collaborative discussion on best practices and tools to integrate different foundational sciences into clinical training.