Year 1 Curriculum schedule and master courses.
Pre-clerkship Curriculum
Credit: Robert A. Lisak
The Integrated Basic & Clinical Science Curriculum includes eight Master Courses and five Longitudinal Courses, and two courses within the Clinical Skills program. These courses span the first eighteen months of study for all medical students. Each course is fully integrated and contains material from a range of scientific and clinical disciplines.
The Integrated Courses include:
Eight Master Courses
The master courses provide the foundational building blocks of medical and scientific knowledge. The courses range from two to 11 weeks.
Four Longitudinal Courses
Longitudinal Courses extend across and run concurrently with Master Courses. Content in Longitudinal Courses complements material in the Master Courses. Each Longitudinal Course lasts four to eight months.
Pre-Clerkship Clinical Experiences
- Clinical SkillsThe Clinical Skills (CS) Course spans the first eighteen months of school for all medical students. Students begin to develop and refine their clinical skills, the essential elements of “doctoring” that physicians use during patient encounters.
- Foundations of Patient CareMD students have many opportunities for clinical experiences in the pre-clerkship curriculum, and the core of these experiences is the Foundations of Patient Care course, which spans the entire pre-clerkship phase and provides students with a broad range of supervised experiences focused on learning in the patient care environment.
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Pre-Clerkship Phase Director
Manager of Pre-Clerkship Course Curriculum
YSM Curriculum Program Manager, Pre-clerkship Curriculum & Coaching Program