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Restructuring a basic science course for core competencies: An example from anatomy teaching
Medical Teacher, 09/25/09

Gregory J et al. – Medical schools revise their curricula in order to develop physicians best skilled to serve the public's needs. To ensure a smooth transition to residency programs, undergraduate medical education is often driven by the six core competencies endorsed by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME): patient care, medical knowledge, practice–based learning, interpersonal skills, professionalism, and systems–based practice. Recent curricular redesign at Mayo Medical School provided an opportunity to restructure anatomy education and integrate radiology with first–year gross and developmental anatomy. The resulting 6–week (120–contact–hour) human structure block provides students with opportunities to learn gross anatomy through dissection, radiologic imaging, and embryologic correlation. The authors report more than 20 educational interventions from the human structure block that may serve as a model for incorporating the ACGME core competencies into basic science and early medical education.

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