Stony Brook University (School of Medicine)

FIRST YEAR The first year curriculum consists of basic science courses and introductory courses related to patient care. The basic science courses are Molecules, Genes and Cells; The Body (anatomical sciences and embryology); Neurosciences; Medical Physiology; and Pathology. The other required course is Foundations of Medical Practice, a recent integration of five previously separate courses: Medicine in Contemporary Society (social sciences & humanities in medicine); Introduction to Preventive Medicine; Introduction to Human Behavior; Introduction to Clinical Medicine; and the first segments of Nutrition. The first year Introduction to Clinical Medicine occurs through the year and teaches basic skills in taking a patient history and doing a physical examination. COURSES : * Foundations of Medical Practice * Introduction to Clinical Medicine * The body * Cells * Neuroscience * Physiology * Pathology SECOND YEAR After a course in Microbiology, the second year emphasizes the study of pathophysiology in organ systems. The Systems Approach to Medicine consists of integrated elements of basic and clinical science related to the neuroscience, blood, cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, psychiatry, renal, reproductive, and respiratory systems. Pharmacology is synchronized with the system segments. Medicine in Contemporary Society and Introduction to Clinical Medicine continue in the second year. The latter focuses on the patient interview, examination and correlative skills as the student acquires additional knowledge in physiology, pathology, and the natural history of diseases in the systems course. Students take Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) at the end of the second year. Passage of USMLE, Step I, is a requirement for advancement into the clinical years of study. COURSES : * Microbiology * Blood * Neurology * Psychiatry * Respiratory * Cardiology * Renal * Endocrinology * Reproductive * Gastrointestinal * Connective Tissue * Nutrition * Medicine in Contemporary Society II THIRD YEAR The third year curriculum is patient focused and consists of a twelve week inpatient/outpatient clerkship in medicine, eight week clerkships in surgery and pediatrics; six week clerkships in obstetrics-gynecology and primary care; a four week clerkship in psychiatry and two-week rotations in emergency medicine and radiology or elective month. Medicine in Contemporary Society is part of each of the major clerkships. COURSES : * Medicine Clerkship * Family medicine Clerkship * Psychiatry Clerkship * Pediatrics Clerkship * Surgery Clerkship * Obstetrics Gynecology Clerkship * Electives FOURTH YEAR During the fourth year, the medical student assumes greater patient care responsibilities and continues to acquire clinical and laboratory skills. The curriculum includes: a one-month subinternship (medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, or general surgery), a one-month didactic course (emergency medicine, laboratory medicine, clinical therapeutics, or surgical anatomy), a one-month neurology clerkship, a one-month experience in the surgical subspecialties, a two week block in primary care psychiatry, and additional elective time to complete a total of 8 1/2 months. There is also a requirement that each student complete either coursework or a project in Medicine in Contemporary Society. COURSES : * Neurology Clerkship. * Sub internship : Family medicine, surgery, pediatrics, medicine. * Surgical selectives. * Radiology. * Emergency medicine. * Psychiatry in medicine. * Laboratory medicine. * Surgical anatomy. * Clinical Therapeutics.

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School name: Stony Brook University (School of Medicine)
Address: Health Sciences Center Level 4
Zip & city: NY 11794-8430 Stony Brook
Phone: 631-444-1785
Web: http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/som

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