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Dec 12, 2024
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2009-2010 Georgia Health Sciences University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Doctor of Medicine
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During the first year (Phase 1), the students study the structure and function of the human body as well as the social and behavioral aspects of the individual. Contact with patients begins with the patient-doctor course in the fall of the first year. The second year (Phase 2) emphasizes clinical medicine. Interdepartmental cooperation and clinical relevance are stressed throughout the first two years.
During the third year (Phase 3) of the curriculum, students take required clerkships. In the fourth year (Phase 3), all students take an acting internship in internal medicine, family medicine or pediatrics; and emergency medicine. The balance of the fourth year is filled by elective courses in various clinical departments.
The Medical College of Georgia has affiliation agreements with major community hospitals within the state of Georgia that permit students to take some core clinical courses at these hospitals.
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2009-2010 Curriculum & Credit Hours
Phase 1: Organ and System Based Modules and ECM 1
First Year - Fall Total: 28 Semester Hours
First Year - Spring Total: 52 Semester Hours
Phase 2: Cellular and Systems Disease States and ECM2
Second Year Fall - Total: 33 Semester Hours
Second Year - Spring Total: 35 Semester Hours
Phase 3 - Year 3
Students must satisfactorily complete all of the requirements of Phase 2 before entering Phase 3. Students must pass USMLE Step I to enter the third year.
The minimum Phase 3 requirement for graduation from the School of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, is the satisfactory completion of 11 months of core clerkships, 4 months of selectives (one Acting Internship in Medicine, Family Medicine, Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, or Surgery, a clerkship in Emergency Medicine, a Critical Care rotation, and an Adult Ambulatory Care selective), and 4 months of electives. Students are encouraged to take more than the minimum number of electives.
Phase 3 - Year 4
Senior Year Requirements
Selectives:
Please refer to the 2009-2010 Elective Bulletin published by the School of Medicine.
Electives:
Students must successfully complete a minimum of 4 electives. At least two of these electives must be on-campus. On-campus electives are defined as those taken at Medical College of Georgia Hospital, University Hospital (but not a private physician’s office), or Veterans Administration Hospital, Augusta. Electives taken at other locations in Augusta are classified as off-campus electives.
Because electives provide students the opportunity to broaden their training, students are advised to complete more than the minimum of 4 electives.
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