Curriculum
The Burnett School of Medicine brings together the world’s best practices in medical education and the latest advances in technology to forge new boundaries in medical student education and training.
This progressive approach to medical education creates and shapes empathetic scholars who are both adept at caring for patients, and able to meet the health care challenges of tomorrow. The student is central to the educational program. Student success is at the heart of the school’s design and has been incorporated in everything from the creation of significant learning experiences and education spaces to the launch of a highly individualized team-based framework for ongoing student coaching and support. The curriculum is divided into three phases across four years and has been carefully crafted to promote learning and student success.
Phase 1 provides students with an integrated foundation in basic and clinical sciences in order to understand the underpinnings of medicine and prepare students to succeed in clinical training.
Phase 2 consists primarily of clinical learning opportunities in a longitudinal integrated clerkship model that will guide students to become proficient clinicians and effective members of a health care team.
Phase 3 allows students the opportunity to pursue a team project in an area of interest as well as to explore career options and fine-tune clinical skills in critical care, sub-internship electives, and a number of student-selected electives.
Across the curriculum, students experience a highly-integrated, comprehensive curriculum with content in communication, critical thinking and design, and health care delivery systems among many other themes, to prepare them for the realities of physician practice in the 21st century. The school aims to optimize each student’s experience and performance by using proven strategies in self-directed learning, harnessing new technologies and incorporating longitudinal clinical learning opportunities. Patient care begins at the time students enter the program and integrates across the curriculum to provide immersive clinical training experiences and the opportunity for students to develop meaningful relationships with patients and faculty over time With 24 identified educational program objectives across 7 domains, students can be sure they are receiving the highest quality preparation to excel in the art and science of medicine.