Albany Medical College


Albany Medical College FIRST & SECOND YEARS

The basic sciences have been organized into conceptual or organ system modules that begin in Year I. Clinical paradigms demonstrate the importance of basic science knowledge. In Year II the modules focus the students' attention on an understanding of "abnormal." Utilizing clinical case material, students integrate their understanding of normal and abnormal in order to develop a logical approach for clinical care.

During Year I, students are introduced to three modules that continue through the four-year experience. "Health Care and Society" introduces students to psycho-social, humanistic, ethical and legal aspects of care. "Comprehensive Care Case Study" emphasizes managed care, the health care system, epidemiology, biostatistics, the principles of evidence-based medicine and prepares students for a career of life-long learning. This module also focuses students' attention on the concept of health care delivered by a team while exploring geriatrics, substance abuse and AIDS. "Clinical Skills Laboratory" teaches interviewing, physical diagnostic skills, procedural skills, and laboratory medicine. Standardized patients help teach and test clinical skills. All four-year-long modules correlate with clinical and basic science issues that the students learn concurrently.

There is an innovative "Orientation Clerkship" between years two and three that introduces students to skills and concepts they will use in the third year. They learn how to start IVs and draw blood, do casting, suturing, CPR, first aid, and explore other practical skills. Using standardized patient encounters, students refine their history, physical and communication skills. Furthermore, they use these encounters to practice presenting patients in mock attending rounds, write progress notes, orders, and communicate with other health care providers.

FIRST YEAR COURSES :

* Medical Cell Biology & Genetics
* Musculoskeletal System
* Nervous System
* Cardiovascular System I
* Renal Respiratory System 1
* Gastrointestinal System I
* Endocrinology, Reproduction, and Integration of Metabolism.
* Nutrition
* Evidence Based Health Care I
* Health Care and Society
* Clinical Skills I

SECOND YEAR COURSES :

* Disease and Defense
* Introduction to Oncology
* Principles of Drug Therapy
* Introduction to Infectious Disease
* Lymphohematopoetic System
* Human Development
* Cardiovascular System II
* Endocrine System II
* Respiratory System II
* Renal System II
* Gastrointestinal System II
* Nervous System II
* Muskuloskeletal System and Integument
* Psycho Biology and Behavioral Pathology
* Human Reproduction
* Nutrition II
* Evidence Based Health Care II
* Health Care and Society II
* Clinical Skills II

THIRD YEAR

The third year of medical school emphasizes ambulatory care in varied settings: rural; urban; managed care and private practice. Students also see hospitalized patients which serve as an orientation to hospital care.

COURSES :

* Orientation Clerkship (Medicine, Pediatrics, Family Practice)
* Medicine Clerkship (includes Radiology)
* Surgery Clerkship
* Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship
* Family Practice Clerkship
* Pediatrics Clerkship
* Psychiatry Clerkship
* Comprehensive Care Case Study III
* Health, Care and Society III
* Nutrition III

FOURTH YEAR

In the fourth year, students rotate on hospital based clerkships that prepare them for residency and practice. During both the third and fourth years, basic science material is revisited in the context of the student's clinical experience.

COURSES :

* Teaching to Learn, Learning to Teach
* Emergency Medicine
* Neurology/Ophthalmology
* Critical Care
* Primary Care Selective: choice of one from Family Practice, Medicine, Pediatrics, or Surgery.

Students participate in a Journal Club over the entire four years of study. The Journal Club introduces students to methods of searching for information and information management and helps them to develop the critical analytical skills necessary to evaluate the ever-growing medical literature.

The Albany Medical College curriculum is a partnership between full-time faculty, inner-city, rural and community voluntary faculty and the academic resources of the Capital Region.

The training of medical students presents "occupational hazards," such as exposure to infectious organisms, contact with patients having contagious diseases and, more rarely, contact with potentially violent patients. The "risks" of medical education are assumed by each student. The College faculty and administration insure that the students are prepared to deal with these hazards and are instructed about precautions that will minimize their exposure to contagious diseases and environmental hazards.

MEDICAL SCHOOL PHOTOS

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MEDICAL SCHOOL INFORMATION


School name: Albany Medical College
Address: 47 New Scotland Avenue
Zip & city: NY 12208 Albany
Phone: 518-262-3125
Web: http://www.amc.edu/academic


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