We had the pleasure of welcoming Prof Hirsh from Harvard Medical School to Imperial College this month.
Prof Hirsh is a world leader in
Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs), which are a new design of medical
education which move away from block rotational placements to a placements
which are integrated across specialties with the common thread of continuity of
the students with supervisors, peers and patients.
In the department we now have two longitudinal courses, the
10 – week Medicine in the Community Apprenticeship in Year 3, and the
Integrated Clinical Apprenticeship in year 5. These courses have been designed and
adapted using the literature base of LIC, and following our visit last year to
Harvard.
During his visit, Prof Hirsh joined us in discussions on how
we are developing new curricular ideas around LIC and how the learning from
these courses are also helping to shape the ongoing curriculum review in the
Medical School. We were also delighted to be able to present some of the work
developed by the students on the 2 longitudinal courses, with our students able
to share their experiences of the courses. He also delivered a fascinating
lunchtime seminar on the Growth Mindset and its implications on medical student
learning for the department.
We are in the planning stages of developing further exciting
areas of collaboration between Imperial and Harvard Medical School including international educational research, so watch this space!
Dr Ravi Parekh & Dr Andy McKeown
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