Curriculum | Goals | 1st Year | 2nd Year | 3rd & 4th Years | Clinical Neurosciences
Third & Fourth Year Curriculum
The current third and fourth year curriculum have been integrated. The requirements for graduation are as follows:
| Clerkships |
Number of Weeks in Rotation |
| Transition
to Clerkship |
to Clerkships
2 days to 1 week |
| Medicine |
10 |
| Surgery |
8 |
| Anesthesia |
2 |
| Pediatrics |
6 |
| Women's
Health |
6 |
| Psychiatry |
6 |
| Neurology |
4 |
| Primary
Care I: Family Practice or General |
6 |
| Primary
Care II: Geriatrics / Palliative Care |
4 |
| Emergency
Medicine |
2 |
| Subinternship
(Medicine or Pediatrics) |
4 |
| Emerging
Concepts in Medicine |
2 |
| Transition
to Residency |
1 |
| Total
Required Weeks |
62 |
| Electives |
Number of Weeks in Rotation |
| Number of Required Clinical Elective Weeks |
20 |
| Total
Clinical Requirement |
82 |
| Number of "unscheduled" weeks |
16 |
In addition to the above clinical requirements:
- Students are required to take the USMLE Step 2 CK and CS examinations no later than January 31st of their senior year.
- Students are also required to successfully pass a mandatory standardized patient experience, which is scheduled in the spring of the third year.
Graphical Representations of Tracks (Samples Only)
Clinical
Affiliates
Curriculum | Goals | 1st Year | 2nd Year | 3rd & 4th Years | Clinical Neurosciences