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	Podcast:		UC Science Today
	Episode:		A novel curriculum that trains doctors of the future
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:01:03
	Publish Date:		2016-10-08 19:00:00
	Description:		What will doctors of the future be like? The medical school at the University of California, San Francisco has launched a unique curriculum called Bridges, which may offer us a glimpse into how future physicians will be trained. Dr. Anna Chang, a professor of geriatric medicine, was involved in planning Bridges from the start. "We are pioneering the way that we're teaching medical students and we are ahead of others in the country in the scope and depth of what we're doing." Chang explains that doctors practicing today started medical school by just memorizing facts. So what makes Bridges so different? "Never before have 150 first-year medical students gone out to the clinical settings and been challenged to answer questions like, what do you see? What ideas do you have? And what ca you do to improve the lives of patients? So, we are giving our medical students a chance to do so from the moment that they step in the door."
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