Abstract:
Since 1989, as part of a process of curricular reform, Botucatu Medical School has been conducting extensive evaluation by way of faculty members, students and alumni: The most conspicuous outcomes are decisions to integrate subjects, introduce new and innovative methodologies and extend teaching to other levels of medical care in the municipality. This program was made possible partly by a partnership set up in the early nineties between the Medical School and the UNI Program. In 1995 the Teaching Support Committee (CAP) was set up to provide teaching support to the groups involved in implementing this new curriculum, as regards innovation in teaching methodology, integration among disciplines and production of teaching materials. To complement the existing evaluations, the CAP coordinated the Cinaem Project. As a strategy for integrating displines, members of the committee and professors of the foundation course, organized two modules of the present first year of Medicine, introducing Problem Basie Learning. The proposal was informed by the notion of active student-centered learning.
Keywords:
Medical education; Curriculum - trends; Problem based learning