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which DO schools have a systems based curriculum?
Started by koala37
Western is systems based and my friend who will be attending MSU told me they are changing it to systems for the class of 2016
ill leave it to someone who is attending med school to tell you the differences/pros/cons of systems based
ill leave it to someone who is attending med school to tell you the differences/pros/cons of systems based
This is true -- one semester of medical sciences and then right into systems.
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Touro NY is 1 year of classic pre clinical and one year of system based. I would think being system based from day 1 puts a lot of onus on you to constantly look up what you don't know, which I take it would happen frequently.... But Idk. I wasn't system based til year 2 and I can say I enjoyed system bases much more.
CCOM is slightly systems based during first year but not completely. Second year is almost all systems based except for pharm.
NYCOM is systems based for the first 2 years.
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Problem with comparing and contrasting systems based vs. traditional curriculum is that it is very rare to find a student who has experienced both type of systems. Surely, there must be at least 1 student out there who attended med school with one particular curriculum and then, for whatever reason, had to transfer to another and start all over with a different curriculum setting. Again, it is very rare to find a student like this.
With that being said, I can confidently speak for systems based and say that it helped keep my attention and interest in the first 2 years because I was learning a different system every couple of months. I was learning normal physiology of a particular system, pathological abnormalities of that system, and treatment options of those pathologies with pharmacology. In my opinion, it helped me prepare for Step 1 because I understood the clinical picture/context presented on the boards and it was instinctive for me to start connecting dots between chief complaint, lab values, pathophysiology, treatment options, etc.
Ultimately though both systems will adequately prepare you for the boards. You could make the argument students trained in systems based curriculum are better prepared for clinical years because of that instinct they develop of connecting dots to the clinical picture. But it's all speculation on my part. Take it for what its worth.
With that being said, I can confidently speak for systems based and say that it helped keep my attention and interest in the first 2 years because I was learning a different system every couple of months. I was learning normal physiology of a particular system, pathological abnormalities of that system, and treatment options of those pathologies with pharmacology. In my opinion, it helped me prepare for Step 1 because I understood the clinical picture/context presented on the boards and it was instinctive for me to start connecting dots between chief complaint, lab values, pathophysiology, treatment options, etc.
Ultimately though both systems will adequately prepare you for the boards. You could make the argument students trained in systems based curriculum are better prepared for clinical years because of that instinct they develop of connecting dots to the clinical picture. But it's all speculation on my part. Take it for what its worth.
So, which schools don't have a systems-based curriculum?
SOMA is systems based from 2nd block on. We get the clinical presentation curriculum, meaning that we learn everything in the context of cheif complaints. Each CC has a scheme associated with it and we use it to guide in the direction of correct diagnosis. It's very powerful IMO.
Just did the first half of Neuro Block and our schemes were headache (which included primary and secondary headaches, their associated causes, and clinical diagnosis and management), Stroke (and it's associated material), and Seizure.
In the process of learning these schemes we learn the basic and clinical sciences as they pertain to the situation at hand. And every test is like taking a section of the boards.
I really like the way the curriculum is set up!
Just did the first half of Neuro Block and our schemes were headache (which included primary and secondary headaches, their associated causes, and clinical diagnosis and management), Stroke (and it's associated material), and Seizure.
In the process of learning these schemes we learn the basic and clinical sciences as they pertain to the situation at hand. And every test is like taking a section of the boards.
I really like the way the curriculum is set up!
What he means to say is that nova will suck out your soul, chew it up, and then **** it out in a latrine of lost hopes and dreams during your first year.
Then your second year is entirely systems based.
