Co-Creation: Piloting Student-Faculty Partnerships for Curriculum Innovation. WMJ 2026;125(1):91-94
Date
04/14/2026Pubmed ID
41980141Scopus ID
2-s2.0-105035608302 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 1 CitationAbstract
BACKGROUND: In recent years, there has been an increasing drive to meaningfully engage students as partners and co-creators in teaching and learning.
METHODS: Student-faculty partnerships were formed to optimize student satisfaction with select learning activities in a medical school course during the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 academic years.
RESULTS: The first year of co-creation yielded 6 novel patient-based discussion activities, which scored 5.23/6 on required student evaluations, while the second year focused on end-of-week review sessions that demonstrated significant improved evaluation scores from 2023-2024 to 2024-2025.
CONCLUSIONS: Initial implementation of co-creation proved beneficial for both students and faculty involved in course design, as well as for learners. Developing an institution-wide, structured co-creation model may further support and sustain such collaborations.
Author List
Gratz Z, Kambol A, Vazquez P, Otto C, D'Acquisto H, Bray B, Parsons L, Patitucci TAuthors
Lauren Parsons MD Associate Professor in the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinTeresa Patitucci PhD Associate Professor in the Cell Biology Neurobiology and Anatomy department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Cooperative BehaviorCurriculum
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Faculty, Medical
Humans
Pilot Projects
Students, Medical
Wisconsin
