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Basic Sciences courses are integrated with one another, and Basic and Clinical Sciences are woven together throughout the four years.
We can achieve the goal of academic excellence by:
1. Integrating Basic Sciences and Clinical Sciences throughout the four years;
2. Combining structure and function in the Basic Sciences subject materials for each block;.
3. Balancing didactic and self-directed learning;
4. Exposing students to patient care, professionalism, and communication skills in the first week of school.
Courses taken in the Basic Sciences include:
TERM |
COURSE |
CREDITS |
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MD 110 |
Professionalism & Patient-Doctor Skills I |
2 |
MD 144 |
Histology and Cell Biology |
6 |
MD 165 |
Public Health |
2 |
MD 168 |
Gross & Developmental Anatomy |
10 |
Total Credits |
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20 credits |
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MD 210 |
Ethics & Patient-Doctor Skills II |
2 |
MD 261 |
Neuroscience |
6 |
MD 266 |
Biochemistry / Genetics |
10 |
MD 278 |
Physiology |
8 |
Total Credits |
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26 credits |
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MD 310 |
Communication & Patient-Doctor Skills III |
2 |
MD 341 |
Medical Microbiology |
8 |
MD 376 |
Medical Psychology |
6 |
MD 377 |
Pathology I |
8 |
Total Credits |
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24 credits |
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MD 410 |
Physical Diagnosis & Patient-Doctor Skills IV |
4 |
MD 442 |
Medical Pharmacology |
8 |
MD 478 |
Pathology II |
10 |
Total Credits |
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22 credits |
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(Pre-Clinical Sciences) |
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MD 582 |
Introduction to Clinical Medicine |
8 |
MD 588 |
Fundamentals of Clinical Medicine |
8 |
Total Credits |
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16 credits |
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