I think every medical student realizes eventually (even the super perky ones who join the Curriculum committee) is that the best thing you can do is to graduate from medical school as soon as possible, before the med school admin screws your education any further with their new "transformative", "disruptive", or "innovative" ideas:
http://www.ama-assn.org/sub/accelerating-change/grant-projects.shtml (If you see here it's nothing more than gobbledy gook that doesn't actual mean anything like "learner-centered", "competency-based"). Many times, the incentives and forces that act on medical schools aren't necessarily in line with the educational interests of medical students.
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2013/06/ama-significant-redesign-undergraduate-medical-education.html
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Indiana University School of Medicine - They want to create a health care system simulation with a simulated electronic medical record. By the time students graduate, the simulated EMRs will be obsolete. Then they'll need another $1 million to update it all?
Mayo Medical School - When Mayo throws out words like "innovative", "science", "teams", "communities", and "outcomes"; everyone says "oooh" and "aaah" in admiration. They're probably just going to have early clinical rotations or more simulations labs ("experiential learning"). They're also planning to spend some money on "wellness and resiliency resources". I suspect the focus will be resiliency >> wellness.
NYU School of Medicine - Students have a hard enough time getting through med school in four years, and they want to do it in three. Plus, they're going to teach the three-year students more than the four-year students. How? They're going to create a simulated medical environment that is somehow going to be "a real world clinical setting." Not only that, but they're going to develop an "ePortfolio" to push students through the three-year curriculum. (Putting 'e' in front of words is so 1990...)
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine - They're going to "develop and implement" something "innovative", but we don't know much about it other than that it will be "learner-centered", "competency-based", and "individualized" with "pre-determined milestones." They will also have some type of portfolio system to help students finish "in less than four years".
Penn State College of Medicine - They want to get basic science and clinical faculty to work together, as if they weren't already supposed to be doing that. Somehow, this new cooperative atmosphere will "prepare students to work within all aspects of the complex health system".
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University - More innovation that isn't innovative. They say "rural and underserved populations will be featured". They're probably just going to send some students out to rural or high-crime sites to complete a rotation or two. Maybe the money will be spent on printing costs, because students get certificates for completing this program. (What happened to the practice of medicine being it's own reward?")
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University - "We're going to give our students dual degrees. Give us money." ... "Uh, okay." ... How does that make sense? Maybe it's those buzzwords again, like "teamwork" and "leadership". They're also going to change the admissions process to include working with standardized patients... "We're going to make better doctors by making them learn medicine before they go to medical school."
University of California, Davis - Looks like a way to get students into residency without having to go through the match. Industry their say in the curriculum, and the school gets a million dollar grant. win-win.
University of California, San Francisco - Another "accelerated" program. "I do more in less time. You pay me money!"
University of Michigan Medical School - Med school RPG. There's a skills and knowledge tree. You get experience points that you can put into the "foundational 'trunk'". Once you've developed that enough, you can move on the "professional development 'branches'". You can choose your "developmental tracks" based on the character class you want to "cultivate" (like, family doctor or surgeon or anesthesiologist). You can track your stats in the "M Home" as you develop your "advanced skill sets within clinical domains".
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine - They plan to "embed students in the health care workplace", probably just early clinical rotations. Somehow "some students will be able to complete medical school in less than four years."