MD Curriculum

The curriculum of the medical school was revised to emphasize both basic science integrated with clinical issues.

Year 1

Year 1 emphasizes clinical relevance of basic science content. Four integrated courses of closely related topics along with a year long Clinical Applications course that follows several complex cases as they develop

• Human Body: Molecules to Cells (Cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, Genetics, preclinical infomatics)
• The Human Body: Structure and Development (Anatomy Embryology, Radiology)
• The Human Body: Integrative Function and Its Cellular Basis (Physiology, Neurobiology, Histology)
• The Human Body: Host Defense and Microbial Pathogens (Microbiology, Virology, Immunology, Pathology)

Year 2

Year 2 expands the scope and clinical relevance of the science content through 11 courses focusing on the organ systems with integrated pathology and pharmacology content. Clinical case studies integrated into courses throughout the year and in a short course at the end of the fall and spring semesters.

• Tools for Diagnosis and Therapy
• Hematology/Oncology
• Cardiovascular
• Respiratory
• Gastrointestinal
• Renal/Urinary
• Neurosciences
• Endocrine and Nutrition
• Repro/Genetics
• MSK/Skin
• Clinical Medicine Cases

Years 3 and 4

Years 3 and 4: All MDPhD student must take the Core rotations of Psychiatry, Neurology, OB/Gyn, inpatient Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics and Surgery and the selectives: Acting Internship, Critical Care, and Ambulatory Care. Most MD-PhD students are granted credit for electives and are free to take additional rotations if they wish to. In 2009, a course in clinical research will be developed for MD-PhD students to take in their fourth year.

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