In 1992, Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU) introduced the Principles of Clinical Medicine (PCM) course with the intent of providing medical students early in their training with a patient-centered care context. Students are enrolled in this two-year longitudinal course at the same time they are learning basic sciences. PCM consists of two components: a weekly preceptorship in which s...

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The electromagnetic field theory of consciousness proposes that conscious experiences are identical with certain electromagnetic patterns generated by the brain. While the theory has always acknowledged that not all of the electromagnetic patterns generated by brain activity are conscious, until now it has not been able to specify what might distinguish conscious patterns from non-conscious pat...