1. Curriculum Transformation
July 28, 2016

2. Giulia Bonaminio, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Medical Education

3. ACE Website

5. ACE website SharePoint
SharePoint

6. Discipline Pillars and Threads
Clinical Skills
Clinical Skills Lab
Medical Informatics
IPE
Professional Development
Simulation
Pathology
Anatomy - Clinical and Med Imaging
Anatomy - Gross
Histopathology
Infectious Disease
Lab medicine
Neoplasia
Physiology
Blood and Immunology
Dev and Repro
Systems I
Systems II
Systems III
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Biochemistry
Cancer Biology
Cellular Biology
Molecular/
Genetics
Nutrition
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Behavioral Sciences
Biostatistics
Diversity
Evidence Based Medicine
Epidemiology
Ethics
Population Health
PHP/Informatics
Social Determinants
Pharmacology
Clinical Therapeutics
Pharmacology I
Geriatrics

7. Foundational Sciences Blocks and Threads
Intro to Doctoring
Clinical Skills
Social Determinants
Population Health
Professional Development
Simulation
Molecules and Medicine
Ethics
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Genetics
Medical Informatics
Infections, Blood and Immunity
Microbiology
Lab Medicine
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Histopathology
Respiration and Circulation
Epidemiology
Cardiac Physiology
Anatomy -Gross
Pulmonary Physiology
Diversity
GI and Endocrine
Anatomy
Nutrition
Threads

8. Foundational Sciences Blocks and Threads
Muscles and Movement
Clinical Anatomy
Medical Imaging
Orthopedics
IPE
Physiology
Brain, Mind and Behavior
Neurophysiology
Neurology
Behavioral Sciences
Clinical Therapeutics
Anatomy – Clinical and Med Imaging
Reproduction, Development and Sexuality
Reproductive Health
Simulation
Anatomy – Gross
Ethics
Women’s Health
Medicine Capstone
Cancer Biology
Infectious Diseases
Pain and Palliation
Biostatistics
USMLE Step 1 Board Prep
Threads

10. M3 M4

11. Mark Meyer, M.D. Associate Dean for Student Affairs

12. Societies (Learning Communities)
6 Societies in KC, 1 in Wichita and 1 in Salina
Director for each Society = 8 Directors
4 LCs per Society in KC and Wichita
Each LC will have an Assistant Director = 29 Assistant Directors
Each LC in KC and Wichita will contain 7-8 M1, M2, ~5 M3 and ~5 M4 students
Roles
PBL small group facilitation
Advising
Coaching

14. Joe Fontes, Ph.D. Director of Foundational Sciences

15. Sample Week 17-20 hours/week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
BIG CASE
CBCL
Lecture
CBCL
Lecture
10:00 AM
Lecture
Lecture
Flipped Session
11:00 AM
Lecture
CBCL
follow up
Flipped Session
CBCL
follow up
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
Health Care Immersion;
Clinical Skills Lab; Simulation Lab; Anatomy lab
PBL
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
Advising
Coaching
17-20 hours/week
CBCL
Large Group
Lecture
Labs/Clinical
Other
PBL

16. Case Based Collaborative Learning (CBCL)
Pre-work for content delivery the night before
In-class problem solving around clinical cases
~2/week in Year 1 and Year 2
3 hours/session
2 hours small group/1 hour large group
24 small groups
24 faculty facilitators (may shift to <1 faculty/group in later blocks)

17. Current Status of ACE Curriculum Development

19. Status and timelines Completed
Discipline Leaders (DL), Block Directors (BD) and Thread Heads (TH) named
Cases identified (70 total in Years 1 and 2)
Learning objective (LO) development for each thread, content area
LO mapped to specific cases in blocks (M1, completed; M2 completed by Sept 1)
(Mostly completed) Pilot of ACE curriculum in Genetics/Neoplasia module (September 2016)

20. Status and timelines Underway
Week by week planning of learning activities and assessments
Assignment of faculty leads for each learning activity; activity development
Completed first draft of all learning activities (M1 blocks: Jan 1, 2017; M2 blocks: June 1, 2017)
Learning activity materials and assessments completed and ready for final review (M1 blocks: May 1, 2017; M2 blocks: Oct 1, 2017)

21. Status and timelines
May 2017 Completion of M1 curriculum and assessment tools
Work on M2 blocks starts January 2017; completed October 2017
July 24, 2017 M1 Orientation
July 31, 2017 First day of Block 1: Introduction to Doctoring