Duke/Rochester curriculum

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Hi all,

I was just reading about Duke Med's upcoming changes in curriculum. In the article, the person in charge mentions that, while trying to maintain their unique 3rd yr, Duke is restructuring their first 2 yrs to be more integrated. Duke is particularly using Rochester's curriculum as a model. Apparently, Rochester reformated their curriculum to one that is extremely integrated back in 1999, and it has so far been a success.

Can current Rochester students (or other people in the know) offer some insights to Rochester's curriculum? What does it mean to be completely integrated. If it's complete integrated, does it mean that you get 4 yrs of classroom work plus 4 yrs of clinical rotations? If that is the case, how will a student learn enough by the end of his/her 2nd yr to take step I? What are some good points about this curriculum, and what are the biggest drawbacks?

Thanks in advance for your inputs.

 

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Duke's own newspaper, The Chronicle. It is available online.

I see that you are in NC. Are you at Duke?

 

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Undergrad? Have you graduated? I am from Duke myself, having graduated last May.

 

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Wait, if you are on this forum, you must have graduated already...my bad.