期刊名称：Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
电子版ISSN：1975-5937
出版年度：2014
卷号：11
期号：1
页码：1-3
DOI：10.3352/jeehp.2014.11.31
语种：English
出版社：Korea Health Insurance Licensing Examination Institute
摘要：Xavier University School of Medicine (XUSOM) is an off_x0002_shore medical school in Aruba,Kingdom of the Netherlands admitting students from the United States (US),Canada and other countries to the undergraduate medical (MD) and the premedical program.The school shifted to a partially integrated curriculum with the normal human subjects of anato?my,physiology and biochemistry being learned during the first two semesters while the abnormal subjects of pathology,microbiology,pharmacology and introduction to clinical med?icine are covered during the next two semesters [1,2].From January 2014,the school shifted to a fully integrated,organ system based curriculum with early clinical exposure and mo?dules on patient,doctor and society and healthcare quality improvement [3].Modifications to student assessment with a greater emphasis on formative assessment and assessment of student behavior,attitudes and professionalism have also been carried out [4].A two day orientation program is offered to all first semester MD students from January 2014.In XUSOM like in most offshore Caribbean medical schools a semester of study is of 15 weeks duration and students are admitted three times a year in January,May,and September.In this letter,I will briefly describe the process we followed during the design and conduct of the orientation program.During the summer and fall 2013 semesters the institution had a one day orienta?tion program and prior to that there was no formal orienta?tion program.
关键词：Xavier University School of Medicine (XUSOM) is an off_x0002_shore medical school in Aruba,Kingdom of the Netherlands admitting students from the United States (US),Canada and other countries to the undergraduate medical (MD) and the premedical program.The school shifted to a partially integrated curriculum with the normal human subjects of anato?my,physiology and biochemistry being learned during the first two semesters while the abnormal subjects of pathology,microbiology,pharmacology and introduction to clinical med?icine are covered during the next two semesters [1,2].From January 2014,the school shifted to a fully integrated,organ system based curriculum with early clinical exposure and mo?dules on patient,doctor and society and healthcare quality improvement [3].Modifications to student assessment with a greater emphasis on formative assessment and assessment of student behavior,attitudes and professionalism have also been carried out [4].A two day orientation program is offered to all first semester MD students from January 2014.In XUSOM like in most offshore Caribbean medical schools a semester of study is of 15 weeks duration and students are admitted three times a year in January,May,and September.In this letter,I will briefly describe the process we followed during the design and conduct of the orientation program.During the summer and fall 2013 semesters the institution had a one day orienta?tion program and prior to that there was no formal orienta?tion program.
