School of Medicine Academic Affairs
Academic Affairs supports the design, delivery, assessment, and continuous improvement of the School of Medicine’s educational program. Our work helps prepare future physicians through active learning, clinical reasoning, competency development, and attention to the needs of the communities we serve.
How We’re Different: Clinical Education
How We Support Learning
Academic Affairs supports the systems, structures, and teaching practices that help students build knowledge, strengthen clinical reasoning, receive meaningful feedback, and progress toward future clinical practice.
Curriculum Design
The curriculum is organized into three phases that support foundational knowledge, clinical skills, professional identity formation, and preparation for the transition to residency.
Research & Scholarship
Research and scholarship help students ask meaningful questions, use evidence, understand population health, and connect inquiry to patient care and community needs.
Teaching & Learning Framework
Our teaching and learning framework describes how students learn. Learning is organized around preparation, active application, feedback, reflection, and the progressive development of clinical reasoning.
Assessment & Feedback
We support assessment practices that generate useful evidence of student learning and provide feedback that guides growth over time.
Faculty & Student Support
We work with faculty, staff, and students to strengthen teaching, learning systems, student progression, and continuous improvement.