Fogarty J, First L R, Levine M, Reardon M, Magrane D
Department of Family Practice, University of Vermont College of Medicine, 235 Rowell, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
Acad Med. 2001 Apr;76(4 Suppl):S127-30. doi: 10.1097/00001888-200104001-00025.
The University of Vermont College of Medicine received its Vermont Generalist Curriculum (VGC) subcontract as one of the second-cycle Interdisciplinary Generalist Curriculum (IGC) Project schools from 1995 to 1998. The Vermont program was jointly codirected by the chairs of family practice and pediatrics and the program director for internal medicine on a rotating basis and was overseen by a multidisciplinary steering committee that included generalists, basic scientists, specialists, and students. This committee provided guidance and support in recruitment of preceptors, continuous assessment and improvement of the courses, development of a clinical correlation manual for students in clinical offices, and cooperation around a jointly sponsored annual primary care meeting that included a joint scientific program, a research forum, and a faculty development workshop. The VGC has provided a pilot for many innovative curricular changes that have served as models for the school-wide curriculum redesign process currently under way at VERMONT: While the funding for this project ended in 1998, the changes, innovations, and collaboration born out of the project are valuable enough for the dean's office to maintain the VGC's funding and its steering committee for the future.
佛蒙特大学医学院作为1995年至1998年第二轮跨学科通科课程（IGC）项目学校之一，获得了佛蒙特通科课程（VGC）的分包合同。佛蒙特项目由家庭医学和儿科学系主任以及内科项目主任轮流联合指导，并由一个多学科指导委员会监督，该委员会成员包括通科医生、基础科学家、专科医生和学生。该委员会在以下方面提供指导和支持：招募带教老师、持续评估和改进课程、为临床办公室的学生编写临床关联手册，以及围绕联合主办的年度初级保健会议开展合作，该会议包括联合科学项目、研究论坛和教师发展研讨会。VGC为许多创新性课程改革提供了试点，这些改革已成为佛蒙特大学目前正在进行的全校课程重新设计过程的典范：虽然该项目的资金于1998年结束，但该项目带来的变革、创新和合作非常有价值，足以让院长办公室为VGC未来维持资金和指导委员会。
