Figure 2.

Organization of lecture and laboratory topics by subject throughout the year. Each lecture and laboratory session title and instructor name were printed on colored squares of paper. A different color was used for each course (e.g., green = Human Morphology, light blue = Biochemistry, yellow = Physiology). A magnet was affixed to the back of each square. The squares with the lecture titles were placed on a magnetic white board according to the day of the week and the time of day. Panel (A) shows a draft of topic order in a representative week using the colored squares on the white board. The colored topic squares could be easily rearranged and placed in different locations during drafting of the schedule. Panel (B) shows how members of the curriculum development team worked together at the white board to arrange the order and placement of topics.