Instructions:
Describe the importance of the project. Clearly indicate relevance to the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Include citations from the evidence base to support your project rationale, and/or clearly explain the gap this projects fills within the current state of your curricular program (e.g. need for curriculum renewal, new teaching method or tool, new evaluation tool, etc).
Note: Citations do not count in 200 word maximum. Use any accepted citation style (e.g. MLA, APA, etc), but be consistent in applying this citation style throughout your project background. List references in the space provided after Project Background.