Considerations for Organizing Longitudinal Delivery of Pharmacology: the Impact of Content Delivery in Context.

At Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, we implemented a new strategy to organize the longitudinal delivery of pharmacology, leveraging elements of spaced repetition and spiral design. Our innovative model focused on generating cognitive frameworks in large group sessions, providing a scaffold to associate key aspects of individual drugs using specific objectives in problem-based learning. The design enhanced both student satisfaction and summative performance on pharmacology content on end of Block National Board of Medical Examiners exams. By taking a new approach, we were able to focus student learning, reduce the extraneous load and retain rigor and content volume. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40670-021-01461-1.