Curriculum Overview
Year 1
| 37 weeks | |||
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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 | 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 3 | Physician & Society 4 | ||||||||
Years 3 & 4
During Years 3 and 4 students plan their own curriculum. Everyone must take 9 required clerkships (52 weeks) and 24 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* |
| 8 weeks | 4 weeks | 12 weeks | 12 weeks | 12 weeks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Care Clerkship* |
Free | Advanced Medicine* |
Elective | Elective | Free | Elective | 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 8-week Primary Care Medicine course is comprised of 4 weeks in Family Practice and 4 weeks in Medicine, Pediatrics, Medicine/Pediatrics, or Geriatric Medicine.
