The Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum at Columbia-Bassett is one of the outstanding attributes of the program. Students follow their own panel of patients across many experiences. Patients see their students as integral to their care and students benefit from an invaluable service, while still in training. This curriculum has been studied and the results published;* students equaled or outperformed classmates on exams. We have had the same results in our pilot program in Cooperstown.
This is an exceptional opportunity for the curious, the self-motivated, and the student seeking clinical mastery.
There are two components of the 40-week Longitudinal Integrated Block. Below is a typical week of scheduled activities. Students are scheduled in outpatient clinics daily. They see patients with a preceptor who is longitudinally consistent within specialties, whereby students develop familiar relationships over time. In clinics, students select patients and add them to their Longitudinal Panel.
* Ogur B. Hirsh D. Krupat E. Bor D. The Harvard Medical School-Cambridge integrated clerkship: an innovative model of clinical education. [Review] [28 refs] Academic Medicine. 82(4):397-404, 2007 Apr.
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