Year 1 Course Descriptions
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4
(MS1)
- Molecules to Cells (MEDI140)
- 8 weeks (Aug-Oct)
- Integrates the fields of biochemistry, pharmacology, genetics, and cell and molecular biology into a cohesive approach to learning the cellular and subcellular structures and processes that impact health and disease
- Detailed Course Description
- Course Directors: Jim Evans, Gwen Sancar
- Sakai Link: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/1f2ee4cc-456f-47ee-ac8b-f4f2cf9bda16
- Structure and Development (MEDI141)
- 8 weeks (Oct-Dec)
- Knowledge of the anatomical structure and embryonic development of the human body provides a foundation for subsequent basic science courses, clinical rotations, and a career as a physician
- Detailed Course Description
- Course Directors: Kurt Gilliland, Ed Kernick, James Scatliff, Liz Dreesen
- Sakai Link: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/43ac55a7-f9ec-4457-9ac6-35103b4da86a
- Integrative Function and Its Cellular Basis (MEDI142)
- 10 weeks (Jan-March)
- How organs work in an integrated fashion to sustain life (physiology), and how their structure, at the cellular level, supports their functions (histology)
- Detailed Course Description
- Course Directors: Sarah Street, Aldo Rustioni, Joe Costello, Liz Dreesen
- Sakai Link: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/e25fb6f9-1d0b-457f-8f07-1028bc4053a6
- Host Defense and Microbial Pathogens (MEDI143)
- 9 weeks (Mar-May)
- Familiarity with the biology of medically important microorganisms and understanding the mechanisms by which these organisms cause disease. Understanding of the phenomena and mechanisms associated with the normal immune response and the pathological consequences that result from aberrations
- Detailed Course Description
- Course Directors: Bruce Alexander, Aravinda de Silva, Marcia Hobbs
- Sakai Link: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/ed6a5a6a-c294-4d4f-bcd1-7915ee4087e7
- Clinical Skills Development (MEDI136)
- (meets once a week in afternoons—all year)
- Introduction to the basic clinical skills essential to the practice of medicine: learning how to conduct a medical interview, perform a physical exam, and organize the data to reach a diagnosis (clinical reasoning)
- Detailed Course Description
- Course Directors: Erin Malloy, Tommy Koonce, Donald Woodyard
- Sakai Link: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/f2b63b61-46ab-4018-add9-fa3391cebc83
- Medicine and Society (MEDI127)
- (meets once a week—all year)
- There are complicated, constantly shifting relationships between society and its medical institutions. Understanding social contexts of medical work is essential to the effective practice of medicine in any society
- Detailed Course Description
- Course Directors: Sue Estroff, Barry Saunders
- Sakai Link: https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/8f7ef977-8ab6-4268-9892-3d8d61aba386
