Year 2 Curriculum Overview

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CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

The 2^nd Year Integrated Curriculum is designed to build on those concepts that the students learned in the first preclinical year with a focus on abnormal processes, the development of disease and an introduction into disease treatment and modification. As in the first year, there are 4 year-long themes – their titles are: Altered Structure and Function, Pathogens and Host Defense, Pharmacotherapeutics and Nutrition and Fundamentals of Patient Care.

YEAR 2
AUGUST		JUNE

ALTERED STRUCTURE & FUNCTION	Anatomical and Histological Pathology, Pathophysiology, Mechanisms for the Development of Disease
PATHOGENS & HOST DEFENSE	Immunology, Microbiology, Population Genetics and Epidemiology
PHARMACO- THERAPEUTICS & NUTRITION	Pharmacology, Non-Medication Treatments, Nutritional Considerations in Disease States
FUNDAMENTALS OF PATIENT CARE 2	Patient: Advanced Interviewing, Physical Diagnosis in Disease, Psychopathology, Introduction to Clinical Ethics
FUNDAMENTALS OF PATIENT CARE 2	Physician: Introduction to Clinical Reasoning, Maintaining Wellness, Careers in Medicine, Evidence-Based Medicine

These themes are organized around six unit blocks of content. As before, the general organization of this content is in organs systems.

YEAR 2
AUGUST		DECEMBER

Foundations

Autoimmunity, Neoplasia, Hematologic Disease

Dermatologic, Reproductive, Endocrine Disease

The Integrated Curriculum encourages student to acquire basic science knowledge and important clinical skills such as medical interviewing and physical diagnosis in the context of patient care. Utilizing the new state-of-the-art Simulation Center, the Standardized Patient Program and early contact with patients in clinical settings, and computer-based activities, the curriculum promotes active learning and encourages self-assessment and self-directed learning. Small group work focuses on patient interactions, awareness of self and patient, professionalism and wellness.

YEAR 2
JANUARY		MAY

Renal and Cardiopulmonary Disease

Psychiatric, Neurologic Disease

Metabolism, Gastrointertinal Disease

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