Julie Bøgdal, Anne Mette Schmidt, Kirsten Østergaard Nielsen, Charlotte Handberg
An Integrated Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Program Experienced by Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain
Clinical medicine & research
design implement launch courses integrate foundational science learning clinical application postclerkship undergraduate medical school curriculum academic year ay 1516 part comprehensive curricular revision vanderbilt university school medicine vusm formally implemented integrated science courses iscs combined rigorous training foundational sciences meaningful clinical experiences courses integrated foundational sciences could leveraged clinical environment utilized variety instructional modalities included quantitative qualitative competencybased milestones student assessments isc underwent rigorous quality improvement process required input foundational science content student experience student performance assessment eleven iscs delivered 173 students ay1516 students taking one isc immediately completing course 93 n222 isc enrollees completed course evaluation students 91 n201 agreed strongly agreed foundational science learning informed enriched clinical experiences furthermore 94 n209 students thought clinical experiences informed enriched foundational science learning ninetyfour percent students anticipated using foundational science knowledge acquired future clinical training practice teaching foundational sciences clinical workplace postclerkship medical curriculum challenging resourceintensive yet feasible additional experience model inform mix courses well breadth depth foundational science instruction necessary foster scientificallybased clinical reasoning skills student