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DOCTOR OF MEDICINE (M.D.) – A FOUR-YEAR CURRICULUM
Effective School Year 2006-2007
In 2006, after much clamor from the clinical science faculty and upon the
recommendation of the Faculty Senate that was organized by the President
of the University, the Board of Trustees has approved the modification of
the innovative curriculum implemented from 1998 to 2006 to a curriculum
that utilizes the best features of the traditional and the problem based
strategy. The first two years are correlated by systems using large
classroom teaching, small group discussions and laboratory exercises,
while clinical skills are acquired increasingly from exposure to clinical
materials using the skills laboratory, as well as the patients in the hospital
wards through preceptorships and bedside teaching activities from the
second and third year, while the fourth year is clinical clerkship (see details
below).
SUBJECT 1st 2nd Total
Sem Sem Hours
YEAR 1
At the end of Year 1, the student must be able to develop
mastery of fundamental concepts in the basic sciences:
Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology and Preventive
Medicine
Human Anatomy 216 144 360
Patient Doctor 1 36 36 72
YEAR 2
At the end of Year 2, the student must be able to develop
mastery of fundamental concepts in Microbiology and
Parasitology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Medicine and
Surgery in order to be able to explain the etiopathogenesis
and pathophysiology of
the rational approach to the diagnosis and management of
disorders of the different organ systems.
General & Systemic Pathology 180 144 324
Parasitology 0 72 72
Pediatrics I 0 90 90
Surgery(Principles of Surgery) 0 72 72
Psychiatry I 18 18 36
Research Methods II 36 0 36
Research Projects I 0 36 36
Bioethics 0 18 18
Neurology I 18 0 18
YEAR 3
At the end of Year 3, the student must be able to utilize
medical evidences and the data base (history, physical
examination and laboratory examinations) in solving a
clinical problem presented by the patient and to arrive at a
diagnosis, differential diagnosis, formulate a plan of
management (pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic)
including rehabilitative and preventive aspects in
disorders of different organ systems.
Medicine II 144 144 288
Neurosciences 54 54 108
Psychiatry II 36 36 72
Obstetrics 72 0 72
Gynecology 0 18 18
Clinical Pathology 0 54 54
Otorhinolaryngology 36 0 36
Ophthalmology 0 36 36
Community Medicine 0 36 36
Research Projects II 36 0 36
Pediatrics 2 months
OB-Gynecology 2 months
Neurology 1 month
Psychiatry 1 month