PCC

CPC

Organizing Focus

Case Studies

Clinical Presentations

Learning Activities

(in order of time spent in activity)

Small Groups:

• Three two-hour sessions per week

Problem Sets:

• Variable, 2-4 hours per week

Laboratories

• OMM:  2 hours per week
• Clinical:  2-3 hours per week
• Science:  2-8 hours per week

Clinical and Community Experience: 

• 4 hours weekly

Lectures/Problem Sets/Panel Discussions:

• Variable – approximately 8 - 14 hours per week

Laboratories:

• OMM: 2 hours per week
• Clinical:  2 hours per week
• Science:  2 – 4 hours per week

Small Groups:

• Two two-hour sessions per week

Clinical and Community Experience:

• 4 hours bi-weekly

Learning Objectives

Identified by students

Developed by faculty

Assessment

• Quarterly content exams based on student-identified objectives (essay exams in Year 1, multiple choice in Year 2)
• Clinical and Science Lab practical exams
• Evaluation by Small Group facilitators

• Multiple-choice content exams approximately every 5 weeks based on faculty-developed objectives and learning activities
• Weekly quizzes
• Clinical and Science Lab practical exams
• Evaluation by Small Group facilitators

• High comfort level with small group learning experience
• Prefer to establish own objectives and pace

• Learn effectively via structured learning activities (e.g. lectures)
• Appreciate value of small group learning component
• Prefer faculty-determined learning objectives