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The curriculum
Second year curriculumIn the second-year curriculum, the emphasis is on the disease process. For the first fourteen weeks of the second year, a course called Mechanisms of Disease: Basic Principles presents integrated material previously taught as separate courses (Pathology, Immunobiology, Microbiology, Pathophysiology, and Pharmacology). A special feature of this portion of the year is a series of all-day colloquia, each investigating a disease in an in-depth format, presented from all relevant basic science and clinical perspectives. Basic principles of diagnostic radiology and laboratory medicine are also included during the first fourteen weeks. The course in the remaining eighteen weeks of the second year is called Mechanisms of Disease: Systems/Organs. Content traditionally taught in the separate disciplines of Pathology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, Clinical Examination, Laboratory Medicine, and Diagnostic Radiology is organized according to organs or systems. The modules are: Cardiovascular, Clinical Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Endocrine, Female Reproductive, GI/Liver, Lung/Respiratory, Musculoskeletal, and Renal/Urinary Tract. General Oncology and Hematology are included in the General Principles portion. The course Doctor-Patient Encounter continues throughout the entire year, with opportunities to enhance skills in history-taking and physical examination. Highly dedicated and skilled standardized patients are used to teach breast, pelvic, rectal, and urologic examinations in small-group settings. In addition to structured activities related to clinical medicine, students work in small groups with their clinical tutors. The Medicine, Society, and Public Health Series continues with the course Epidemiology and Public Health, and a continuum of lectures on health promotion and disease prevention in all of the modules.
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