Academic Curiculum
4 YEAR MD PROGRAM
YEAR 1
FIRST SEMESTER (16 WEEKS)
- GROSS ANATOMY
- HISTOLOGY AND CELL
- BIOLOGY
- MEDICAL EMBRYOLOGY
- EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
- PATIENT-DOCTOR RELATIONSHIP I
- RESEARCH PROJECT
SECOND SEMESTER (16 WEEKS)
- BIOCHEMISTRY
- PHYSIOLOGY
- GENETICS
- NEUROSCIENCE
- PATIENT-DOCTOR RELATIONSHIP II
- RESEARCH PROJECT
THIRD SEMESTER (16 WEEKS)
- MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
- PSYCHOLOGY
- GENERAL PATHOLOGY (PATHOLOGY I)
- MEDICAL ETHICS
- PATIENT-DOCTOR RELATIONSHIP III
- RESEARCH PROJECT
YEAR 2
FOURTH SEMESTER (16 WEEKS)
- SYSTEMIC PATHOLOGY (PATHOLOGY II)
- PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS
- PHYSICAL DIAGNOSIS
- RESEARCH PROJECT
FIFTH SEMESTER (16 WEEKS)
- INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL MEDICINE
- BOARD REVIEW
- EXAM PREPARATION
- RESIDENCY INFORMATION
5 YEAR MD PROGRAM
If you are a recent High School graduate and are interested in getting admission into Medical School, then the 5 Year MD degree program is the most suitable option. The program consists of 2 academic years (4 semesters) of premedical courses followed by the 4 Year MD program. Students are exposed to many medical topics early in their education for a seamless transition into the Basic Medical Sciences..
YEAR 1
4 SEMESTERS OF
- BIOLOGY
- GENERAL CHEMISTRY
- ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
- PHYSICS
- MATH
- ENGLISH
- INTRODUCTORY ANATOMY
- INTRODUCTORY PHYSIOLOGY
REMAINDER OF PROGRAM IS THE SAME AS FOR THE 4 YEAR MD DEGREE PROGRAM
CLINICAL CLERKSHIP (MINIMUM 72 WEEKS)
The second year of medical school ends with the Introduction to Clinical Medicine program and enters into the third year to begin the Clinical Clerkship program. In the first two years of medical school, students focus on basic knowledge of health and disease and are introduced to the care of individuals and populations.
the third and fourth years
In the third and fourth years, students become directly involved in the care and study of patients. They begin to work with members of teams caring for hospitalized patients. Third-year students rotate through the following clerkships: 12-week rotations in Internal Medicine and Surgery and 6-week rotations in Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Family Medicine.
end of the fourth year
The 4th year consists of 24 mandatory weeks of electives. The clerkship program is designed to ease the transition between the Basic Sciences and Postgraduate training by introducing the student to the many fields of medicine and enhancing both their clinical and diagnostic skills. The underlying concept is that the transition from pre-clinical to clinical studies involves both the development of pre-clinical skills and the achievement of the physician role.