University of Florida (College of Medicine)

PRE-CLINICAL YEARS Preclinical course work provides students with essential basic science and general clinical information necessary for clinical training. Faculty from both basic and clinical science departments participate. Students may elect the option of taking the preclinical basic science courses over three or four years. This option allows the M.D./Ph.D. candidates (joint degree), and other students, to begin research activities earlier and in more depth. It also lets these students pursue additional course work as necessary. This extended time track may be advantageous also to students with less intensive science backgrounds who would benefit from more moderately paced course work. Contact hours per week for the standard two-year curriculum range from 20-25. In the three-year track, contact hours average about 17 per week. A student�s request to participate in the three-year track must receive prior review and approval by the Associate Dean for Education and the Chairman of the Academic Status Committee. During the first academic year, a student who is in good standing can choose to move into the three- or four-year program. To take advantage of the opportunities that the three- or four- year option offers, the decision should be made prior to beginning the first year but may be made not later than the first day of the second semester. Astudent who either fails any course work or meets the standards for dismissal, and is given the option of repeating an entire academic year, is not eligible to elect the three- or four- year option. FIRST YEAR COURSES : * Anatomy by Diagnostic Imaging * Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Disease * Medical Cell and Tissue Biology * Introduction to Clinical Practice * Essentials of Patient Care I and II * Human Behavior * Medical Aspects of Human Genetics * Medical Human Anatomy * Medical Neuroscience * Principles of Physiology SECOND YEAR COURSES : * Epidemiology and Public Health * General Pathology * Introduction to Clinical Radiology * Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease * Oncology * Pharmacology * Physical Diagnosis and Clinical Diagnosis * Ethical and Legal Issues in Medical Practice * Systemic Pathology and Laboratory Medicine CLINICAL CLERKSHIP THIRD YEAR The third year is devoted to clinical clerkships, in which student groups experience the major clinical services. The required clerkships include family medicine/geriatrics, medicine, neurology, pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics/gynecology and surgery. Students spend 10 to 12 weeks participating in clerkships at UF HSC-Jacksonville. Housing will be provided during the Jacksonville clerkships. During these clinical clerkships, the student becomes an integral member of the medical team and has direct responsibility for assigned patients during rotation. Each clinical service conducts a variety of seminars and conferences. These are considered to be part of the clerkship and attendance is expected. FOURTH YEAR The fourth year occupies the last 11 months of the curriculum. It includes seven elective periods and three required courses: anesthesiology, emergency medicine and either senior medicine, community medicine or pediatrics. An eleventh period is available for accomplishing residency interviews. During the fourth year, students are permitted considerable freedom in designing their programs. For students who have already chosen a speciality, fourth-year programs may be designed to provide experiences related to their career choice. For students who have not yet chosen a specialty the curriculum permits exploration of interests in several different specialities or can provide a broad clinical experience that would be useful in many different specialities. In addition, the fourth-year elective program may help students with known weaknesses in clinical or basic science areas to strengthen their knowledge base prior to housestaff training. All elective choices must be made in conjunction with the student�s faculty advisor. Clinical electives are available in all of the major disciplines of medicine. In the clinical electives, students work as advanced clerks, assuming greater responsibilities than permitted in the third year. Elective courses in the basic sciences also are available. Additionally, independent study programs may be designed to allow study of areas in medicine not represented by formal course offerings. Students ranked in the upper 2/3 of their class may take up to three electives at other institutions. Students who wish to take more than three months of extramural rotations must obtain their advisor�s permission and approval of the Academic Status Committee. Students who rank in lower third of their class may take one extramural rotation and must have the approval of the Academic Status Committee before applying for any additional externships. Each student must complete a minimum of 40 semester hours in the fourth year to be eligible for graduation. Students must remain enrolled and take course work up until graduation.

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School name: University of Florida (College of Medicine)
Address: J. Hillis Miller Health Center
Zip & city: FL 32610 Gainesville
Phone: 352-392-4569
Web: http://www.med.ufl.edu

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