Outline of Curriculum, 2009-2010
University of Minnesota Medical School - Minneapolis
Year 1
| 37 weeks | |||
| Fall (17 weeks) Weeks 1-7 Weeks 8-17 |
Spring (15 weeks) |
Summer (5 weeks) |
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Gross Anatomy |
Histology | Microbiology | Human Behavior |
| Biochemistry Molecular & Cellular Biology |
Neuroscience | Human Sexuality | |
| Nutrition | Physiology | Pathology | |
| Human Genetics | Physician & Patient 1 | Pharmacology | |
| Physician & Society | Human Embryology | ||
Year 2
| 29 weeks | |||||||||
| Pathology - Systemic | |||||||||
| Pharmacology | |||||||||
Pathophysiology:
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| Physician & Patient 2 | Physician & Patient 3 Family Practice Tutorial |
Physician & Patient 3 Medicine Tutorial |
Physician & Patient 3 Pediatrics Tutorial |
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| Physician & Society | |||||||||
Years 3 & 4 †
During Years 3 and 4 students plan their own curriculum. Everyone must take 10 required clerkships (56 weeks) and 20 weeks of electives. There are 26 weeks of free time. What is shown here is only one example of many possibilities.
| 3 weeks (Intersession) |
12 weeks (Summer) |
12 weeks (Fall) |
12 weeks (Winter) |
12 weeks (Spring) | |||||
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| 4wks | 4wks | 4wks | |||||||
| (Intersession) | Medicine* | Ob/Gyn* | Surgery* | Elective | Pediatrics* | Psychiatry* | Free | Neurology* | Surgery Specialty* |
| 4 weeks | 4 weeks | 12 weeks | 12 weeks | 12 weeks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Medicine * | Emergency Medicine* | Advanced Medicine* | Elective | Elective | Free | Elective | Primary Care Selective*†† | Free |
* Required Course. † Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP) students spend 3 quarters (half of fall quarter, winter, spring and half of summer quarter) in a rural site and earn 26 weeks of credit toward the M.D. degree. †† The 4-week Primary Care Selective course is comprised of 4 weeks in Medicine, Pediatrics, Med/Peds, Family Medicine or MN CEP.
