• Creating learning communities for study and group learning
• Introducing patient interaction and use of standardized patients early in first
year
• Beginning first semester in summer to decompress first year
• Using new second-year students as anatomy and Clinical Learning Center
teaching assistants during first semester
• Providing students with laptops
• Providing wireless access throughout the college
• Using video teleconferencing to foster direct communication among all regional
campuses
• Issuing students PDAs for use in clinical encounters
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