Overview
Undergraduate Medical Curriculum
The Medical School curriculum is a four-academic
year curriculum of study, beginning in August of one year, and ending
in May forty-five months later.
Traditionally, the first two years are
designated as the Basic Science curriculum. Matt Jackson, PhD.,
Assistant Dean for Basic Science Curriculum, is in charge
of this portion of the medical school curriculum. Included
here are courses in:
First year required courses:
- Anatomy
- Histology
- Embryology
- Biochemistry
- Physiology
- Clinical Nutrition
- Genetics
- Neurosciences
- Clinical Medicine
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Second year required courses:
- Immunology/Microbiology
- Pathobiology
- Organ-System Pathophysiology
- Psychiatry
- Pharmacology
- Clinical Medicine
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A clinical medical course runs through both
years, integrating many smaller courses such as:
- Introduction to the
Patient
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Medical Ethics
- Human Sexuality
- Preventive Medicine
- Public Health
- Interviewing and
- Physical Diagnosis
into a sequence of cased-based teaching modules taught in small groups.
At the completion of the Basic Science curriculum, students must
take and post a passing score on the United States Medical Licensing
Examination Step 1 before promotion to the third year of medical school.
The Clinical Science curriculum includes eight required courses comprising
eleven months during the third year, and three required courses during the fourth
year.
Third year required courses:
- Pediatrics
- Internal Medicine
- Surgery
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Neurology
- Psychiatry
- Family Medicine
- Continuity of Care Clerkship
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Fourth year required courses:
- Emergency Medicine
- Inpatient Medicine (adult or pediatric)
- Outpatient Medicine (adult or pediatric)
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The other required courses during the
Clinical Science curriculum include a minimum of six electives, typically
taken as one elective in the third year and five electives in the
fourth year. Dr. Thomas Roe, Assistant
Dean for Clinical Education, supervises this portion of the curriculum. For
more information regarding the Clinical curriculum, follow this
link.
Midway through the third year, students
typically being to choose an advisor and focus on postgraduate (Residency)
training. The residency application
process begins in the summer of the fourth
year, with interviews for most specialties in the fall and early winter. Match lists for the National Residency Matching
Program are due in February of your senior year, with results announced
in mid-March. Senior students are
required to take the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step
2 before graduation, and beginning with the Class of 2005, passage
of this examination will be a requirement for graduation.
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