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The Use of Horizontal Basic Science Proficiencies in a Systems Based Curriculum

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Many discipline based faculty resist the transition to system or organ based curricula. They are frequently concerned that students trained in such curricula will not acquire discipline based knowledge or skills. We briefly describe one response: a discipline based series of “proficiencies” that run horizontally through our system-based courses.

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  1. Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, MDC8, USA

    Stanley J. Nazian Ph.D. & Frazier T. Stevenson

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Nazian, S.J., Stevenson, F.T. The Use of Horizontal Basic Science Proficiencies in a Systems Based Curriculum. Med.Sci.Educ. 23, 2–5 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03341797

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