Office of Medical Education

Undergraduate Medical Education

Required Courses

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Year 1

Semester 1

  • Gross and Developmental Anatomy
  • Biochemistry
  • Foundations of Population Medicine and Health Systems I
  • Introduction to Human Behavior and Development
  • Clinical Skills Integration 101
  • Critical Consciousness in Medicine Part 1

Semester 2

  • Human Physiology
  • Cell Biology and Microanatomy
  • Introduction to Medical Genetics
  • Introduction to Medical Immunology
  • Foundations of Population Medicine and Health Systems II
  • Clinical Skills Integration 102
  • Critical Consciousness in Medicine Part 2

Year 1 Electives (summer)

  • Primary Care Elective
  • Summer Clinical Elective
  • Medical Spanish Clinical Practice Elective
  • L1 Health Policy Elective
  • L1 Research Elective

Year 2

Semester 1

  • Foundations of Disease and Therapy
  • Neuroscience and Disease of the Neurological-Psychiatric Systems
  • Disease and Therapy of the Renal System
  • Disease and Therapy of the Cardiovascular System
  • Clinical Skills Integration 201
  • Critical Consciousness in Medicine Part 3

Semester 2

  • Disease and Therapy of the Pulmonary System
  • Disease and Therapy of the Endocrine and Reproductive Systems
  • Disease and Therapy of the Musculoskeletal and Dermatologic Systems
  • Disease and Therapy of the Hematologic System
  • Disease and Therapy of the Gastrointestinal System
  • Clinical Skills Integration 202
  • Critical Consciousness In Medicine Part 4

Year 2 Electives

  • End of Life Care (offered fall and spring)
  • Nutrition and Health (fall)
  • Diabetes Interprofessional Medical Education (DIME) Program
  • Humanities in Medicine
  • Introduction to Social Medicine
  • Introduction to Health Systems & Policy
  • L2 Health Policy Elective
  • L2 Research Elective
  • Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Cancer Elective
  • Peer Tutoring Elective

Year 3

Required Courses

  • Clerkship Preparation

Required Clerkships

  • Medicine 300
  • Surgery 300
  • Pediatrics 300
  • Neurology 300
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology 300
  • Family Medicine 300
  • Psychiatry 300
  • Clinical Elective for Career Planning 300 (Students may elect to take Global Health and Social Medicine 300 in lieu of a local clinical rotation. This is only offered during block 3 of the junior year)

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Year 4

  • Critical Concepts
  • Primary Acting Internship
  • Secondary Acting Internship
  • 4 Electives
  • Senior Special Topics (1 week in May)

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