Medical Curriculum

A Medical School faculty committee yesterday endorsed an experimental medical curriculum that will go before the full faculty Wednesday.

The proposal represents a modified version of a new curriculum suggested last May by Med School Dean Daniel C Tosteson '44.

Tosteson initially proposed a seven-year course of study emphasizing close faculty supervision, small classes, use of computers, problem-solving, the case-study approach and independent study.

But last week, after nearly a year of student-faculty committee meetings, the Med School's faculty-student curriculum committee gave preliminary approval to a five-year version of the plan.

And yesterday, the Med School Faculty Council, a 41-member body of junior and senior faculty members, approved the proposal by a unanimous voice vote, according to Myra B. Ramos, assistant to the dean for academic programs.

Although the new plan would only create a five-year curriculum, the modified proposal does require the faculty to discuss the feasibility of a seven-year plan.