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Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons will transform its curriculum in the fall of 2009, beginning with the class of 2013. The new
curriculum will bring the historical excellence of the medical school
to a learning environment best suited to 21st-century medicine.
Medicine in the future will demand of our graduates unprecedented abilities to collaborate at the bedside, in the laboratory, and in the field. It will demand new levels of intellectual agility to anticipate, critically assess, and integrate new knowledge, new technologies and new systems into the care of patients, the focus of research, and service to the public.
Hallmarks of the new curriculum include: an intellectual framework based on hypothesis testing and creative problem solving; cultivation of skills in collaboration and teamwork; and a commitment to life-long inquiry, discovery and innovation. The capstone will include a self-directed, faculty-mentored, in-depth scholarly project in an area of special interest to each student.
The goal of this curricular transformation is to prepare skilled and inspired physicians with the tools to apply their knowledge, creativity and ideals to their future roles as leaders in 21st century medicine.
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