Do all med schools have learning communities?

[Pastamahn]

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Basically what the question states. I have begun researching specific med school's websites about their missions and curriculum info, and have seen a couple with integrated learning communities. Do most medical schools have these?

 

[WingedOx]

I have no idea what that even is...

...so no.

 

[hoihaie]

I have no idea what that even is...

...so no.

like harry potter's 4 houses. Old and new students mixed together with a couple faculty advisors in each

not all schools have them

 

[WingedOx]

like harry potter's 4 houses. Old and new students mixed together with a couple faculty advisors in each

not all schools have them

Hmm, Mabye Case Western Reserve did. Their entire preclinical years seemed to take place in a building that resembled Slytherin's dungeon.

I'm going to guess that such a thing is somewhat of a gimmick that leads students to "oh, sh-t we have to go to the 'learning community' required meeting again this afternoon rather than doing something more productive with our time".

Though maybe someone will correct me.

 

[WedgeDawg]

Hopkins, UVA, and a few others have them (or at least the harry potter house-type thing), but definitely not all schools.

 

[Holmwood]

Is it like a journal club or interest group?

I think most schools have them.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Maybe OP is talking about interprofessional learning groups.

 

[Flashfan]

I read that Penn, Yale and Iowa have them. Indiana is supposed to be implementing it across the eight campus system this year to be a virtual learning community. The benefit that I read at Penn is that the dean that rights the Dean's Letter is the learning community dean, so it is a more personal.

 

[DrHart]

Vandy has done something like this I think:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/22/a-medical-school-more-like-hogwarts/?_r=0

"One example of this unique collaboration is the program’s college system, which assigns students to one of four “colleges,” each with its own set of faculty advisers. Instituted nearly five years ago and intended simply as an improvement over a traditional but more random advising program, the new system was also set up in a way that allowed Vanderbilt students to introduce innovations.

They ran with it. Drawing on cultural cues that resonated with their peers — in this case the Harry Potter stories — they took an active role in naming the colleges after former medical school deans and imbued each with a particular personality. Completing the picture were artfully designed crests, designated college colors and devised mottos in Latin that range from the more noble (“Primus Inter Pares,” or “First Among Equals”) to the tongue-in-cheek put-down (“Commodum Habitus Es,” or “You Have Just Been Owned”).

As college loyalties began to develop, students organized friendly competitions that promoted healthy habits and community service. These events culminated four years ago in the first College Cup, a now annual weekend affair where pride runs deep. Amid bagpipes and a marching band, colleges vie to outdo one another in events like a 5-K run, an “Iron Chef”-style cooking competition and a trivia contest."

Dunno if this was what the OP was talking about

 

[RedPhys]

FIU does