[미국대학편입장학금]CMU’s first crop of physicians an impressive one( Central Michigan University)센트럴미시건대학교

[미국대학편입장학금]CMU’s first crop of physicians an impressive one( Central Michigan University)센트럴미시건대학교

Budding physicians aren't merely educated at Central Michigan University's new medical school. They're built.

And they're molded as people — into compassionate, caring doctors. It's all part of a formula of team learning and team spirit that makes the new College of Medicine stand out as it prepares to graduate its first class May 7.

The result is an undeniable feeling of family.

"The biggest thing about going to the College of Medicine was my classmates and the family feel we had there," said Matthew Wolf, who's headed for an emergency medicine residency at the CMU College of Medicine in Saginaw. "I learned that bond was really unique among medical schools."

A large factor in the cementing of that bond is the medical school's use of team-based learning, a practice developed in the 1970s that puts students in small groups while instructors shift from mere information providers to actual managers of the learning process.

Student engagement improves and the participants get closer.

Kush Sharma, a Kalamazoo resident who scored a highly competitive vascular surgery residency in Grand Rapids, Michigan, agreed with Wolf: "Our class was like a family where you got to know everyone really well."