UC Davis Medical School
Office of Medical Education
OME Mission Statement: Fostering a dynamic, patient-centered learning environment and preparing our students to improve the health of the diverse communities they will serve as physicians, scientists and healthcare leaders.The Office of Medical Education consists of an interdisciplinary team of academic, technical and administrative employees who deliver centralized expertise, services and instructional resources through four major routes.
- OME offers a wide range of support services including Admissions, Student Development, Office of Resident & Student Diversity (OSRD), Operations, Registrar, Financial Aid, Student Wellness, Office of Student and Educational Resources (OSLER), Curriculum, Center for a Diverse Healthcare Workforce (CDHW), Body Donation Program and Graduate Medical Education (GME).
- Provides centralized academic, administrative and technical support to faculty in the planning, delivery, evaluation and enhancement of individual courses and clerkships.
- Offers centralized staff support for key faculty committees including the Committee on Educational Policy (CEP), Admissions Committee, Committee on Student Progress (CSP), Fourth Year Oversight Committee, Block Council, Doctoring Steering Committee and more.
- The School's liaison to Campus and University educational and administrative units, statewide and national consortia for medical education and educational components of regional and national organizations such as the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) and the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC).
The Office of Medical Education works closely with other administrative and educational units within the Dean’s Office and the UCD Health System to enhance the educational resources available to all Health System educational constituencies. Common goals include coordinated faculty and curriculum development, facilities planning and oversight, and strategic development of information and educational technology. The Office of Medical Education is committed to ensuring all efforts foster a diverse and inclusive learning community.
Curriculum Overview: Educational Mission, Key Features & Phases
The mission of the UC Davis School of Medicine is to transform lives by improving health through the combined power of education, research, clinical care, and community.
Key Features
Competency-based
Competency-based medical education emphasizes the achievement of knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes through a variety of experiences that span the curriculum. Competencies are assessed through a variety of methods that include both formative and summative events. Competency-based education is designed in a collaborative and integrative manner that allows students to grow and evolve throughout their educational experience.
The competencies that the curriculum is derived from are available here.
I-EXPLORE: Integrated EXplorative Patient and Learner Oriented Education
The new I-EXPLORE curriculum was developed by the Curriculum Design Team (CDT) under the leadership of associate dean of curriculum and medical education Kristin Olson. The CDT was composed of faculty educators, residents, medical students, and staff with expertise in medical education. In crafting the new curricular plans, CDT reviewed a broad range of data from numerous sources (including but not limited to the 2016 internal and external curricular reviews, multiple years of course and block evaluations, AAMC Graduation Questionnaire reports, LCME documents and white papers, the medical education literature, and recommendations from department chairs, general faculty, residency program directors, students, the patient advocate office, and community partners). CDT met regularly throughout 2019 with periodic solicitation of input on key decisions from all faculty, resident physicians, medical students, and staff through town halls, surveys, and an online suggestion box, culminating in the creation of two curricular plans (the “Blue plan” and the “Gold plan”) for review by Committee on Educational Policy. CEP selected and approved the “Blue plan” as the new I-EXPLORE curriculum in March 2020, and the faculty voiced their strong support for the plan at the ballot box in July 2020.
Integrated
Explorative
Patient Oriented
Learner Oriented
Education
Pre-Clerkship Phase
The guiding principles for this curricular phase include content integration; inclusivity of all SOM departments; earlier clinical experience; weekly schedule standardization with incorporated self-directed learning time; customization of experience through intersessions; strengthened Step 1 preparation; and promotion of student well-being.
Clerkship Phase
The clerkship phase includes the clerkship intersession course, six required core clerkships, and a selective block.
Post-Clerkship Phase
The Post-Clerkship Phase ensures students demonstrate an understanding of neurology, emergency medicine, the intensive care unit, and the role of the acting intern, while also promoting flexibility and individualization. The early start to the fourth year in May allows students to pursue electives for early exposure to clinical specialties or to complete clerkships or selectives that may have been deferred from the clerkship phase.
Source: https://health.ucdavis.edu/