A core course in family medicine for first-year medical students

This article, the second in a series on a predoctoral curriculum in family medicine, describes in detail the processes involved in planning, implementing, and evaluating the first-year medical school core course at Hershey. The major teaching methods described are seminars, clinical correlation conferences, and practice tutorials. Student involvement in curriculum planning and teaching, flexibility and variability in modalities used, development of close relationships between faculty and students, pairing of seasoned and neophyte teachers, weekly review-preview conferences of students and faculty, and oral examinations are cited as key factors in acceptance of this curriculum by both faculty and students.