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Flipped small-group case-based sessions as the primary in-person learning structure for integrated basic-science content

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Description

The redesigned curriculum eliminated in-person lectures and replaced them with pre-recorded videos available at least 2 weeks before case sessions, plus twice-weekly clinical case presentations integrating all basic and clinical sciences. "Students were assigned to small groups of 15–20 students to discuss the case to answer the provided questions." Cases include a chief complaint, differential diagnosis, interpretation of diagnostic data, and a treatment plan, and students must determine diagnosis and medication regimen by combining prior knowledge, video content, data interpretation, and peer collaboration.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Pre-recorded discipline videos available to students at least 2 weeks before each case presentation
  • MD Clinician Educator facilitators running concurrent small groups, with basic-science faculty circulating to answer questions

Constraints

  • Cases are team-written by MD or PhD faculty with answers provided in script form for teachers

Target Learners

  • Pre-clerkship medical students (years 1–2)

Learning Goals

  • Integration of pharmacology with other basic sciences
  • Diagnosis and drug-regimen selection in clinical case scenarios

Claims

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Key Sources

  • Brinda Desai Bradaric, Eric Van Rite, Lalita Prasad‐Reddy, Michael Bradaric. (2026). Implementation of an Integrated Pharmacology Curriculum in a Flipped, Small‐Group, Case‐Based, Pre‐Clerkship Medical Curriculum Improved Student Performance. Pharmacology Research & Perspectives. https://doi.org/10.1002/prp2.70258
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title Flipped small-group case-based sessions as the primary in-person learning structure for integrated basic-science content
description The redesigned curriculum eliminated in-person lectures and replaced them with pre-recorded videos available at least 2 weeks before case sessions, plus twice-weekly clinical case presentations integrating all basic a...
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