CURRICULUM


First Year

• Basic Human Genetics
• Behavioral Sciences
• Doctoring
• Ethical and Social Issues in Medicine I
• Gross Anatomy and Embryology
• Medical Biochemistry
• Medical Histology
• Medical Microbiology & Immunology I
• Medical Neuroscience
• Medical Physiology
• Primary Care Preceptorship

Second Year

• Clinical Skills
• Ethical & Social Issues in Medicine II
• Introduction to Medicine
• Medical Genetics
• Medical Microbiology & Immunology II
• Medical Pathology
• Medical Pharmacology
• Primary Care Preceptorship
• Psychopathology

Third Year (Clinical Clerkships, each 8 weeks in duration)

• Family Medicine
• Internal Medicine
• Obstetrics-Gynecology
• Pediatrics
• Psychiatric Medicine
• Surgery

Fourth Year

In concert with a faculty advisor, students select an individual curriculum that includes the following:

• two months in primary care experiences
• one month in a surgery elective
• one month in a medicine elective
• one month in the "Transition to Residency" selective
• four months in electives
• (a one-month vacation may be taken during the first seven months of the academic year)