• student-centric and patient-centric curriculum innovation for the medical education to explore family medicine by encouraging generalism.

TCU Burnett - LIC

• Treats patient as a priority

UCalgary LIC

• a one year clerkship option for 3rd year medical students interested in learning medicine in a generalist environment, based in a family practice in a rural or regional community.
  • Learn the generalist specialties in an integrated fashion by following their patients from the clinic to special consults, surgery, delivery, etc.
  • Let students develop an appreciation for the natural history of illness, importance of continuity of care and relational continuity
  • a week usually include
    • 3-4 half days in the family practice, 2 half days in surgery, and working with family doctors on extended skills, 1 half day with allied health professional, an academic day built into the schedules
  • Communities include: Brooks, Canmore, Cardston, Crowsnest Pass, Drumheller, High River, Lethbridge, Pincher Creek, Raymond, Rocky Mountain House, Stettler, Sundre, Taber, Yellowknife.

CU Anschutz Trek Curriculum - LIC

• the clerkship phase (Foothills) emphasizes understanding health systems
• requires leadership and teamwork training in clinical settings so that students progress through longitudinal patient care instead of isolated blocks. (launched in 2021, involves 600 faculty, staff and students since 2017).

Longitudinal Components

• University of Virginia - Longitudinal curriculum
  • Foundations of Clinical Medicine - 3 Phases
  • AAMC - 13 Core EPAs for Entering Residency
  • Patient Student Partnership (PSP)
• McGill - longitudinal themes
  • Social accountability, population health, and health advocacy
  • Professional identity and practice (physicianship)
  • Basic science, critical thinking, and knowledge translation
• Osmosis - spiral curriculum