NEUROLOGIC EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE - A DECADE OF CURRICULAR REFORM AT HARVARD MEDICAL-SCHOOL

The field of neurology is undergoing significant changes to which curr icular reform is both responding and contributing. We reflect on a dec ade of experience at Harvard Medical School with integration of neuros cience, behaviour, pathophysiology and introductory clinical skills. A s part of Harvard's ''New Pathway'' curriculum, this coordinated, pre- clerkship program embraces a ''hybrid'' form of problem-based learning . A variety of methods are employed synergistically to meet the two br oad goals of preparing for competency in neurologic clerkships and for career-long learning in clinically relevant neuroscience. We articula te specific mays of elevating the level of intellectual inquiry, invol ving multi-disciplinary faculty more productively, and vertically inte grating the Learning experience through the Sears of medical school.