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The Standardized Family: An Innovation in Primary Care Education at the University of Massachusetts.
Peer reviewedPugnaire, Michele P.; Leong, Shou Ling; Quirk, Mark E.; Mazor, Kathleen; Gray, Joanne M. – Academic Medicine, 1999
As part of the Generalist Physician Initiative, the University of Massachusetts medical school developed the "standardized family" as a model for teaching essential elements of primary care in a core curriculum format outside the clinical setting. The hypothetical family unit serves as the focus for case-based clinical problem solving.…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Classroom Techniques, Core Curriculum
