Didactic

First year students attend a Labor and Delivery Simulator session during the Ob/Gyn module.

The twelve-month didactic phase is designed to introduce students to concepts of basic and clinical sciences, principles of human behavior and research methodology. The Yale School of Medicine faculty, including the core PA faculty, is responsible for the lectures and small-group seminars in the core curriculum.

Educational highlights and innovations include the use of...

• patient role-players
• suturing training in Yale's live animal labs
• full anatomy dissection lab
• computer-based learning
• small-group seminar sessions and journal clubs integrated throughout

During the didactic phase, students develop their observational acumen and interpersonal skills for history taking and physical examination, as well as fine tune their psychomotor, spatial, and critical-thinking skills.