Required Sessions

Within the McGovern Medical School curriculum, Center faculty and postdoctoral fellows present lectures, facilitate small groups, and lead team-based learning (TBL) sessions within Doctoring courses for first- and second-year students, and as part of longitudinal themes on Ethics and Professionalism, Systems of Care/Health Systems Science, and Population Health. Sessions about ethical issues in the specialties are presented during third-year clerkships and Medical Jurisprudence and Transition to Residency sessions are given to the fourth-year class.

A sample of these educational activities include but are not limited to:

  • Introduction to Ethics lecture
  • Civics 101 online learning module
  • Ethics small groups
  • Informed consent and capacity lecture
  • Large group session on joining a profession
  • TBL on medical professionalism
  • Online debate about Medicaid