[Active student participation at the medical school at the University of Aarhus shall be increased].

In this paper we describe the first four phases of a curriculum reform covering the three clinical years of medical school at Aarhus University. The reform intends to ease students' transition from medical school to the foundation year, increase focus on communication, create more coherence between subjects, increase students' active participation, and align learning outcomes and assessments. More than 80 stakeholders participated in the first phases and five task forces gave their recommendations on how to achieve the intentions. The next phases are initiated on the basis of this solid work.