Virginia Commonwealth University (School of Medicine)

YEAR ONE : M-1 The first year of medical school, from mid-August to early June, focuses on the normal human structure, function, growth, and development. COURSES : 1. Foundations of Clinical Medicine : 2. Medical Bioethics 3. Population Medicine 4. Medical Biochemistry 5. Human Genetics 6. Gross & Developmental Anatomy 7. Physiology 8. Histology 9. Behavioral Sciences 10. Immunology 11. Neurosciences YEAR TWO M-2 The second year, from early August to late May, emphasizes the pathologic manifestations in the treatment of diseases. COURSES : 1. Foundations of Clinical Medicine 2. Medical Bioethics 3. Pharmacology 4. Pathogenesis 5. Microbiology 6. Hematology/Oncology 7. Endocrine 8. Renal 9. Respiratory 10. Cardiovascular 11. Behavioral Sciences II 12. Central Nervous System 13. Women's Health 14. Gastrointestinal 15. Musculoskeletal YEAR THREE : M-3 Clerkships During the third year, students receive clinical training by rotating through the various hospitals and ambulatory services. This rich clinical experience is supplemented by didactic presentations on practice related topics. COURSES : 1. Internal Medicine 2. Surgery 3. Pediatrics 4. OB/GYN 5. Psychiatry 6. Neurology 7. Family Practice YEAR FOUR : M-4 Curriculum The School of Medicine, in an effort to serve best the needs and goals of the individual student, offers M-4 students the option of choosing electives during the majority of their senior year. The elective curriculum has been arranged primarily to allow those students who have definite goals to pursue them logically without adherence to a required curriculum. At the same time, it allows those who have not yet defined their goals an adequate assortment of electives with which to explore career options. Where standard elective choices seem too limiting, students are encouraged to approach individual faculty members to develop courses that more closely approach individual needs. A member of the M-4 Committee is available to advise each student and to approve of each student's program. The year is divided into nine four-week periods. The required rotations which must be served at the Medical College of Virginia Campus are an acting internship, and completion of the Update of Basic Sciences and Clinical Medicine and Step 2 Board Review courses. All students are required to take the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step I at the end of M-2 and Step II in the fall of M-4. Students are not required to pass the USMLE in order to be promoted or to graduate.

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School name: Virginia Commonwealth University (School of Medicine)
Address: 1101 E. Marshall Street
Zip & city: VA 23298-0565 Richmond
Phone: 804 828-9629
Web: http://www.medschool.vcu.edu

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