Lesky L, Yonke A
Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, 840 South Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60612-7323, USA.
Acad Med. 2001 Apr;76(4 Suppl):S117-20. doi: 10.1097/00001888-200104001-00023.
The Interdisciplinary Generalist Curriculum (IGC) Project was initiated at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UI-Chicago) College of Medicine to link an ongoing longitudinal primary care experience with a didactic curriculum emphasizing generalism. The result of this educational initiative was a more extensive reform of the preclinical curriculum than originally had been planned. The IGC Project catalyzed a critical analysis of the first- and second-year curriculum that continues and that has resulted in the integration of all of the early clinical course work under a single longitudinal curriculum. The IGC Project also established a model for interdisciplinary collaboration in course and curriculum design and expanded the walls of the university to include greater numbers of community-based generalist preceptors. This modestly funded and focused educational initiative had unanticipated and far-reaching implications for educational activities throughout the College of Medicine at UI-Chicago.
跨学科通才课程（IGC）项目始于伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校（UI - 芝加哥）医学院，旨在将持续的纵向初级保健体验与强调通才教育的理论课程联系起来。这一教育举措的结果是对临床前课程进行了比原计划更为广泛的改革。IGC项目促使对一年级和二年级课程进行批判性分析，这种分析仍在继续，并导致所有早期临床课程工作整合到一个单一的纵向课程中。IGC项目还为课程和课程设计中的跨学科合作建立了一个模式，并将大学的范围扩大到包括更多基于社区的通才指导教师。这个资金适度且重点突出的教育举措对UI - 芝加哥医学院的整个教育活动产生了意想不到且影响深远的影响。
