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Third-Year Curriculum

Growth Year 

Nine months of the third year will be reserved for the Innovation, Leadership and Discovery Block, which will include options to perform research in the student’s field of choice or pursue a dual degree. During this block, students will select a project in one of three initial areas: Population Health, Care Redesign or Discovery.  Students will continue their longitudinal Community and Preventive Medicine Clerkship and will have the opportunity to enroll in two, four-week clinical electives to maintain their clinical acumen and explore career interests. Students also continue to meet monthly in the longitudinal clinical skills and interprofessional education courses and periodically for leadership practice. Students also take USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK and CS.

Block Rotations

  • Independent Study or Dual-Degree Courses (Thirty-six Weeks)
  • Clinical Electives or Vacation (Eight Weeks)

Longitudinal

  • Developing Outstanding Clinical Skills
  • Scholarship for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
  • Scholarship for Leadership Practice

Vacation

  • Clinical Electives or Vacation (Eight Weeks)
  • Vacation (Four Weeks)
  • USMLE USMLE Step 1
  • USMLE Step 2 CK and CS