MD Curriculum 2016-2017
Period 1: Foundations
August
September
Orientation
Genes, Molecules, and
Cells
October
November
December
Structure of the Integrated Functions of the
Human Body
Human Body
January
February
March
Strands:
= Human Biology/Disease, Illness, and Injury
= Clinical Medicine
Pathology and
Infectious
Diseases
Pharmacology
= Professional Development
= Medicine and Society
OSCE = Objective Structured Clinical Examination
Clinical Skills I
Professional Behavior I and II: one session per month
Clinical Epidemiology
and Quantitative Research
Humanism and Medical Jurisprudence
Professional Behavior I
Ethical Foundation of
Medicine
Socio-economic and Cultural Aspects of Health
Period 2: Integrated Organ Systems
May
Cardiovascular
and Respiratory
Systems
June
July
Hematopoietic
and
Lymphoreticular
Systems
Clinical Skills II
Evidence-Based Medicine and
Complementary and Alternative
Medicine
August
September
October
November December January
Integumentary
Gastrointestinal
Musculoskeletal
Endocrine
System:
System and
Systems
System
The Skin
Medical Nutrition
Break
April
Reproductive
Systems
Nervous System
and Behavior I
Clinical Skills II
System Based Practice
Professional Behavior II
Professional Behavior II
Community-Engaged Physician I
Community-Engaged Physician I
OSCE - Objectives Structures Clinical Examination. There is one week of OSCE in the month of February.
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Renal System
February
End of Life Care
March
Nervous
System and
Behavior II
MD Curriculum 2016-2017
Period 3: Clerkships
Pediatrics
June
Neurology and
Radiology
July
August
Obstetrics and
Gynecology
September
Psychiatry
October
November December
Internal Medicine
January
February
Family Medicine
March
April
Surgery
USMLE Step 1
May
OSCE
Introduction
April
Core Concepts in Medicine
Community-Engaged Physician II
OSCE = Objective Structured Clinical Examination
USMLE = United States Medical Licensing Examination
Period 4: Advanced Medicine
May
Advanced
Medicine or
Surgery
Selective
Break (6 weeks)
Introduction (1 week)
March April
June
July
August
Emergency
Medicine
Subintership
Selective
Selectives
Medical, Surgical
or Hospital
Based Specialty
September
Electives
October
Electives
November
Free Time
December
Free Time
January
Research
Clinical Medicine Capstone (Longitudinal Component)
Community Medicine Practicum
Community-Engaged Physician III
NOTE: Block diagrams for Period 3 and Period 4 represents required clerkships and courses only. This is not a representation of course sequence.
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February
Research
March
April
Clinical
Family
Medicine and
Medicine
Professional
Geriatric
Development
Clerkship
Capstone