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A Novel Curricular Design Exposing Clinical Medical Students to the Hidden Curriculum

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The Curriculum Committee of a medical school introduced a longitudinal course for clinical medical students addressing the hidden curriculum as a way to enhance the overall learning environment in undergraduate medical education.

Methods

This novel design included podcasts, virtual online sessions, and self-reflection videos.

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Students and faculty viewed it as successful.

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Data is available for review as desired. Requests should be made to the lead author. All data is held by the Texas A&M College of Medicine’s Office of Evaluation and Assessment.

References

  1. Lehmann LS, Sulmasy LS, Desai S. ACP Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee. Hidden curricula, ethics, and professionalism: optimizing clinical learning environments in becoming and being a physician: a position paper of the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2018;168(7):506–8.

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  1. Medical Education, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, USA

    Hector Chapa, Robert Milman, Carley Hagar & Janice Kintzer

  2. Office of Evaluation & Assessment, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, USA

    Danielle Dickey

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All authors participated in the production and submission of this manuscript. Chapa: lead author; Dickey: editing and review; Milman: content review; Carley: editing, formatting, and submission; Kintzer: content contribution and revision.

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Correspondence to Carley Hagar.

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Investigational Review Board from Texas A&M University reviewed this protocol and deemed this IRB Exempt (IRB: IRB2021-0239 M). Exemption letter is available for review.

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Chapa, H., Dickey, D., Milman, R. et al. A Novel Curricular Design Exposing Clinical Medical Students to the Hidden Curriculum. Med.Sci.Educ. 32, 17–19 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01479-5

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