Table 2.

Description of various learning modalities used in Phase 1 of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health ForWard curriculum

Learning modality	Description	In-person	Virtual
Anatomy labs	Hands-on gross dissections (in-person); image labeling (virtual)	~ 8 students per human cadaver	~ 8 students per image in each virtual breakout room
Case-based learning (CBL) sessions	Group work involving clinical cases	Classroom work with ~ 6 students per table, followed by a group debrief with ~ 36 students and 1–2 facilitators	4–10 students per virtual breakout room, followed by group debrief in virtual main room ranging from 36 students to whole class with 1–5 facilitators
Team-based learning (TBL) sessions	Group work involving individual and team-based quizzes and clinical cases	Classroom work with ~ 8 students per table, followed by group debrief with whole class (~ 175 students) with 1–2 facilitators	4–10 students per virtual breakout room, followed by group debrief in virtual main room ranging from 36 students to whole class with 1–5 facilitators
Patient-centered education (PaCE) cases	Student inquiry-based creation of learning objectives surrounding patient cases	8 students in classroom with 1 facilitator	8 students in virtual classroom with 1 facilitator
Lectures	Didactic content delivery with interspersed knowledge check questions/polling	All students in 1 lecture hall, raise hand to ask questions	Pre-recorded lectures or 1 virtual lecture room with chat feature enabled to allow for real-time student questions
Office hours/question and answer (Q&A) sessions	Informal Q&A sessions between faculty and interested students	1 faculty member and several students face-to-face	1 faculty member and several students via a virtual meeting
Coaching and competency (C&C) reviews	Meetings between students and their faculty coaches to discuss student progress and goals	1 faculty member and 1 student face-to-face	1 faculty member and 1 student via a virtual meeting