I-EXPLORE and Curriculum Implementation
In the summer of 2020, the faculty voted overwhelmingly to adopt the recommendations of the Curriculum Design Team, which resulted in the new I-EXPLORE (Integrated Explorative Patient and Learner ORiented Education) curriculum. This result was preceded by two-months of discussion and consideration of the Committee on Educational Policy (CEP), who then collaborated with the Faculty Executive Committee (FEC) to host four town halls before presenting the proposal to all faculty.
Under the direction of FEC and CEP, the Curriculum Implementation Team (CIT) launched in the Fall of 2020 and is responsible for steering the faculty workgroups representing the new courses and longitudinal elements of I-EXPLORE. CIT’s initial focus is on course organization and content distribution and will later move to assist workgroups with content development. The first phases of I-EXPLORE, the first and third year of the curriculum, will be implemented in the summer of 2021.
Curriculum Implementation Team Members
Hana Anderson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Human Anatomy
Paul Aronowitz, M.D., Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine
Anthony Bhe, M.D., Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Lavjay Butani, M.D., Professor and Chief, Pediatrics - Division of Nephrology
Olivia Marie Campa, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine
Suzanne Eidson-Ton, M.D., Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Maya Evans, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Alicia Gonzalez-Flores, M.D., Associate Physician, Internal Medicine
Melody Hou, M.D., Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Russell Jones, M.D., Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Norika Malhado-Chang, M.D., Associate Professor, Neurology
Jennifer Plant, M.D. (Chair), Associate Clinical Professor and Chief, Pediatric and Cardiac Intensive Care
Swati Rao, M.D. Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences
Luis Fernando Santana, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Physiology and Membrane Biology
Nicolas Sawyer, M.D., Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Barbara Shacklett, Ph.D., Professor, Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Naileshni Singh, M.D., Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Lane Squires, M.D., Assistant Professor, Clinical Otolaryngology
Heike Wulff, Ph.D., Professor, Pharmacology
Kristin Olson, M.D., Associate Dean of Curriculum and Education, Office of Medical Education
Joanna Arnold, Ph.D., Director, Office of Student Learning and Educational Resources, Office of Medical Education
Morgan Luthi, Director, Curriculum and Educational Technology, Office of Medical Education