Curricular integration represents collaborations between disciplines to establish a coherent
curriculum and has become the dominant recommendation for medical education in the …

Background: Recently, many medical curricula have been changed into vertically integrated
programmes. One of the aims of vertical integration is to facilitate the transition from …

Medical Education 2010: 44: 272–279 Objectives Recently, many medical schools' curricula
have been revised so that they represent vertically integrated (VI) curricula. Important …

There is increasing demand to provide clinical and teaching experiences in the general
practice setting.• Vertical integration in teaching and learning, whereby teaching and …

The popularity of the term “integrated curriculum” has grown immensely in medical
education over the last two decades, but what does this term mean and how do we go about …

Important elements in the curriculum at the Faculty of Health Sciences in Linköping are
vertical integration, ie integration between the clinical and basic science sections of the …

Context In 1988, the Edinburgh Declaration challenged medical teachers, curriculum
designers and leaders to make an organised effort to change medical education for the …

Problem-based learning (PBL), combined with early patient contact, multiprofessional
education and emphasis on development of communications skills, has become the basis …

A rapid expansion of new scientific information and the introduction of new technology in
operative and diagnostic medicine has marked the last several decades. Medical educators …

Objective Recent educational reform in US medical schools has created integrated
curricular structures. This study investigated how stakeholders in a newly integrated …