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Pre-Clerkship Phase: Scientific & Clinical Foundations

  • Provides students with a broad and extensive range of knowledge and skills in biomedical sciences and clinical care.
  • Composed of blocks of curricular content organized around function.
  • Longitudinal instruction in core clinical skills and clinical reasoning is integrated throughout using active and case-based learning.
  • Students actively engage in the surrounding community to gain a firsthand understanding of the factors that influence health and health outcomes.
  • Patient navigator experiences give students the opportunity to work directly with patients early in medical school and assist them in navigating the health care system, exposing students to the impacts of social determinants of health and enabling them to contribute to improved access to care.
  • Students participate in Longitudinal Learning Communities with a dedicated faculty coach as part of a curriculum for individualized professional development.
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