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Program of Study

Last Updated: 07/22/2026

MD Program Advancement and Graduation Policy

Foundations Phase Year 1 Program of Study

  • Clinical Medicine Foundations I
  • Origins
  • Human Architecture I
  • Host & Defense
  • Staying Alive
  • Scholarship in Medicine
  • Biostatistics I
  • Community Service I

Foundations Phase Year 2 Program of Study

  • Clinical Medicine Foundations II
  • Human Architecture II
  • Beginning to End
  • Balance, Control & Repair
  • IPE Foundations
  • Biostatistics II
  • Community Service II
  • USMLE Step 1

Doctoring Phase, Doctoring Year Program of Study

  • Family Medicine Clerkship
  • Internal Medicine Clerkship
  • Neurology Clerkship
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Clerkship
  • Pediatrics Clerkship
  • Psychiatry Clerkship
  • Surgery Clerkship
  • Clinical Medicine Doctoring
  • IPE Doctoring requirement
  • 6 weeks of Internal Medicine electives
  • 6 weeks of other electives

Doctoring Phase, Doctoring Year (MD in 3) Program of Study

  • Family Medicine Clerkship
  • Internal Medicine Clerkship
  • Neurology Clerkship
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Clerkship
  • Pediatrics Clerkship
  • Psychiatry Clerkship
  • Surgery Clerkship
  • Clinical Medicine Doctoring
  • IPE Doctoring requirement
  • 6 weeks of Internal Medicine electives

Doctoring Phase, Advanced Doctoring Year Program of Study

  • Advanced Doctoring Bootcamp
  • Emergency Medicine Clerkship
  • Clinical Medicine Advanced Doctoring
  • 4 weeks of a Sub-Internship:
    • Family Medicine
    • Internal Medicine
    • Neurology
    • Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Pediatrics
    • Surgery
  • 30 weeks of electives:
    • Maximum of 1 longitudinal 4-week elective
    • Maximum of 8 weeks (2 blocks) of non-clinical electives
    • Maximum of 12 weeks (3 blocks) of identical electives
    • Maximum of 16 weeks (8 half blocks) of 2-week electives
    • Maximum of 16 weeks (4 blocks) of student-initiated electives (SIEs)
    • Maximum of 20 weeks (5 blocks) of away (extramural and/or SIE) electives
  • USMLE Step 2 CK

Doctoring Phase, Advanced Doctoring Year (MD in 3) Program of Study

  • Advanced Doctoring Bootcamp
  • Emergency Medicine Clerkship
  • Clinical Medicine Advanced Doctoring
  • 4 weeks of a Sub-Internship:
    • Family Medicine
    • Internal Medicine
    • Neurology
    • Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Pediatrics
    • Surgery
  • USMLE Step 2 CK