Curriculum

The design of the M.D./Ph.D. Program allows for completion in 8 years.
Summer	10-week Research Rotation
Year 1	First Year Medical School (Basic Biomedical Sciences)
Summer	10-week Research Rotation
Year 2	Second Year Medical School (Basic Biomedical Sciences). Sit for USMLE 1
Summer	Begin PhD Coursework - Select Mentor for Research Training
Years 3 - 6	Graduate Courses Toward Ph.D. - Qualifying Exams, Research, Dissertation, & Defense
Year 7	Third Year Medical School (Clinical Sciences) / Subspecialty Electives
Year 8	Fourth Year Medical School (Clinical Sciences) / Subspecialty Electives / Sit for USMLE 2 (Fall)

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First-Year Medical School Curriculum (Begins August; 39 weeks)
Course	Weeks
Fall Morning Courses
Prologue	1
Molecular and Cellular Systems	2 through 6
The Human Structure	7 through 13
Disease, Diagnosis & Therapy	13 through 18
Spring Morning Courses
Immunology, Microbiology & Integument	19 through 23
Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary	24 through 28
Metabolism & Nutrition	29 though 34
Blood, Hematopoiesis & Lymphatics	35 through 39
Fall/Spring Afternoon Courses
Clinical Medicine I (Tuesday and Thursday)	1 through 39
Patients, Physicians and Society I (Monday)	1 through 39
Foundations of Biostatistics and Epidemiology	Varied (16 sessions)

Second-Year Medical School Curriculum (Begins August: 35 weeks)
Course	Weeks
Fall Morning Courses
Cardiology, Respiratory & Renal	1 through 9
Neuroscience & Psychiatry	10 through 19
Fall Afternoon Courses
Clinical Medicine II (Tuesday and Thursday)	1 through 19
Patients, Physicians and Society II (Monday)	1 through 19
Enrichment (Wednesday)	5 through 14
Spring Morning Courses
Reproduction & Gender-Based Medicine	20 through 25
Capstone	26 through 35
Spring Afternoon Course
Clinical Medicine II (Tuesday and Thursday)	20 through 29

Years 3 to 6: Ph.D. Research and Coursework

Third-Year Medical School Curriculum (Begins July; 48 weeks)
Course	Number	Weeks
Medicine Clerkship	MED 9250	8 weeks
Surgery Clerkship	SURG 9760	8 weeks
Pediatric Clerkship	PEDI 9650	6 weeks
Psychiatry Clerkship	PSBS 9520	6 weeks
Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship	OBGY 9210	6 weeks
Family Medicine Clerkship	FM 9540	4 weeks
Geriatrics Clerkship	GERI 9250	4 weeks
Clinical Neuroscience Clerkship	NEUR 9370	2 weeks
Subspecialty Electives (2)	*	4 weeks
Current Topics in Medicine (Longitudinal)	*	-
	TOTAL	48 weeks (1920 clock hours)

Fourth-Year Medical School Curriculum (Begins July; 38 weeks)
Course	Number	Weeks
Ambulatory Care	MED 923	4 weeks
Rural Preceptorship	FM XXXX	4 weeks
Specialty Electives (3)	*	6 weeks
Clinical Electives (6)	*	24 weeks
	TOTAL	38 weeks (1520 clock hours)
During the fourth year, students may participate in an international rotation for up to 12 weeks. Affiliated international programs are located in:
Yaounde, Cameroon Cartagena, Colombia Clermont-Ferrand, France Grenoble, France Yamaguchi, Japan Vellore, India Miraj, India	Nairobi, Kenya Blantyre, Malawi Kathmandu, Nepal Pretoria, South Africa Bangkok, Thailand Harare, Zimbabwe

Subspecialty Electives: Third and fourth year subspecialty electives may be chosen from:

• Anesthesiology
• Dermatology
• Emergency Medicine
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopaedic Surgery
• Otorhinolaryngology
• Radiology
• Urology