The second year of the pre-clerkship curriculum consists of three blocks — Infection and Host Response, Blood and Inflammation, and Disease & Therapeutics — and a clinical thread that runs concurrently with the curriculum.
Students also receive dedicated time to prepare for Step 1 of the USMLE Licensing Examination.
This block covers:
This block includes:
It is organized into these modules:
The second-year curriculum also includes a clinical thread comprised of the Clinical Foundations II course and the Patient-Centered Clinical Education 2 course.
Students continue to use point-of-care ultrasound, the Simulation Center and the Clinical Skills Center to prepare them for clinical clerkships.