Tufts University (School of Medicine)


Tufts University (School of Medicine) Tufts Medical School offers a unique opportunity for students to supplement their core curriculum by sampling a wide range of experiences starting in their first semester. Traditionally, during a student's first and second year, there is little exposure to various clinical venues. Through the Selective Program, students can select from a broad spectrum of various disciplines and practice settings to gain an early introduction to clinically-based medicine and related areas. Past years' students have found the Selective Program an invaluable means by which to partner with faculty role models and advisors and to identify possible future career paths.

All medical students are required to participate in the Selective Program during their first two years of medical school. The main goal of the Selective Program is to expose students to areas beyond the basic medical school curriculum. Participation in four selectives is mandatory; one of the four selectives must be a Community Service Learning (CSL) selective. Students are assigned selectives by means of a lottery system consisting of assigned lottery numbers for all blocks and a form that students complete prior to each block-choice deadline. This form allows students to rank-order their choices for selectives from the Selectives Catalog. To help students make their selective choices, evaluations of past selectives are made available for students to review in the Office of Educational Affairs (OEA).

Each selective block is equal to one selective credit.

Continuation of a selective for a second block is not encouraged and will only be granted under exceptional circumstances. First, the Selective Director must approve the request two (2) weeks in advance of the lottery deadline. Approval by the Selective Program Director will depend on how students describe what additional benefit they seek to attain and/or how the continued selective will complement what they have already learned along with a signature of the Selective Preceptor.

No retroactive credit for Selectives will be granted. The Selective Course Director prior to beginning your participation in the experience must approve all selectives. Your application for continuation of a selective must be approved 2 weeks before the lottery deadline.

YEAR 1 COURSES :

- Epidemiology/Biostatistics
- Cell Tissue and Organ Biology
- Molecular Biology
- Immunology Nutrition
- Biochemistry
- Interviewing
- Problem Based Learning
- Selectives
- Clinical Anatomy
- Physiology
- Human Growth and Development
- Physical Diagnosis I: Clinical Skills
- General Pathology
- Problem Based Learning
- Selectives

YEAR 2 COURSES :

- Introduction to Pharmacology
- Hematology/Oncology
- Medical Genetics
- Neuroscience
- Population Medicine-Part I
- Pathophysiology (Musculoskeletal)
- Psychopathology
- Microbiology
- Systemic Pathology (Musculoskeletal)
- Addiction Medicine
- Problem Based Learning
- Selectives
- Systemic Path
- Pathophys
- Pathophysiology
- Pharmacology
- Population Medicine
- Physical Diagnosis II
- Evidence Based Medicine
- Selectives

YEAR 3 COURSES :

- Medicine Clerkship
- Surgery Clerkship
- Obstetrics/Gynecology Clerkship
- Pediatric Clerkship
- Psychiatry Clerkship
- Fall Interclerkship
- Spring Interclerkship

YEAR 4 COURSES :

- Family Medicine
- Neurology
- Ward Service
- Other Electives

MEDICAL SCHOOL PHOTOS

Tufts University (School of Medicine)   Tufts University (School of Medicine)

MEDICAL SCHOOL INFORMATION


School name: Tufts University (School of Medicine)
Address: 136 Harrison Avenue
Zip & city: MA 02111 Boston
Phone: 617-636-7000
Web: http://www.tufts.edu/med


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