I kinda wanted to know what the new curriculum is like. All that I have heard thus far is that it is different and that there is not really a distinct class for the different areas. Just more information a suppose.
http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/ed...admissions/ume-curriculum/ume-curriculum.html
It's systems-based, so you don't have 'biochem', 'physiology', and 'pathology' classes, you have the Hematology system, and learn all that's relevant to the Hematology system in that block.
Exams are online, and can be taken anytime between Friday at noon and Sunday at noon. Formative exams (quizzes) are generally halfway through the system, or every 2 weeks, with a summative exam (exams) every 4 weeks, or at the conclusion of the system (for systems shorter than 4 weeks).
Class is from 8 til 12 M-F, you have one afternoon per week of CPD, which is your 'how to be a doctor' class, and one semester of your first year, you also do some sort of community service project one afternoon a week (on average). There's a fair amount of small group sessions in various formats--TBLs are when you study the material before class, take a test on your own at the start of class, then take the same test together in a group of 6, then do a bunch of cases in your group of 6 and argue the answers with the whole class. There are various other small group sessions, including anatomy lab, some journal club type sessions, etc. There are still some straight didactic sessions, which are not required and are podcasted.
