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The
Patient-Centered-Continuum (PCC)
is one of the two curricular tracks offered at Ohio University. The
PCC views medical education as an
organized building process, beginning with the first day of medical
school and continuing through the residency years and beyond. The
cornerstone of the PCC is that it empowers students to personally
direct the educational process.
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The curriculum provides students with a
patient-centered rationale for approaching issues related to
health and disease.
It encourages students to consider the
biomedical basis of health and disease as it relates to:
1) health maintenance and disease prevention; and
2)
etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment
of specific clinical entities
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Items integral to this
curriculum are: early clinical exposure, the presentation of basic
sciences in the context of patient care, integration and
reinforcement of basic sciences during clinical training, and a
logical progression of knowledge throughout the medical school and
residency years. The PCC places an emphasis on adult learning
approaches. These include small group discussion, case-based
instruction, independent learning and computer assisted instruction. The PCC stresses the
importance of the time-dependent, progressive nature of health and disease.
The PCC has a limited enrollment of 20-25 students for each class.
Students are granted entrance into this program only after acceptance
through the regular admission process.
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Please
contact
Nancy Stevens, PhD, Patient-Centered Continuum Director (740-597-2785), if you have any questions concerning this
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