INSTRUCTION LEADING TO THE M.D. DEGREE

The curriculum is divided into a basic set of required courses taken by all students. and elective courses which may be chosen. Required courses constitute the nucleus of medical education at Vanderbilt; elective courses are an integral part of each student's educational experience in the Medical School. but allow considerable flexibility of individual curricula. Each student is assigned a faculty adviser to aid In the selection of elective courses.

and the program of electives must be approved by the Assistant Dean for Medical Education.

All electives are courses for credit. graded on the same basis as required courses. and are non-remunerative. The following types of courses may be elected: lecture series; specialty clinics; clinical clerkships or research ex- perience. at Vanderbilt or other institutions; Vanderbilt undergraduate or graduate courses.

Two hours each week have been designated for presentations of school- wide interest. e.g .• lectureships. medical society meetings. student papers.

The attendance of all students and faculty is expected.

Students are encouraged to participate in the summer research fellowship program.

The Medical School curriculum is scheduled during the conventional University nine months. and is divided on a semester basis.

Firsf Year:

Most of the year is spent in the study of anatomy. biochcmistry.

and physiology. All day Wednesday and Saturday mornin~ (durin~ the second semester) are reserved for studr and electives. Electives available to the freshmen covcr a wide rangc

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subjects. e.g .• Essentials of Human Embryology. Fundamental Principles in Use of Radioisotopes. Topics in Gcneral Physiology. Medicine in Families and thc Community. Medical Genetics. Principles of Anthropology.

Second Year:

Courses include microbiology. pathology. pharmacology.

medical statistics. preventive mcdicine. and psychiatry. Students begin the study of paticnts during thc second semcster. when all the clinical de- partments coo{Xrate in giving the student an introduction to history taking.

physical examlOation. and laboratory study of patients through a series of lecturcs. demonstrations. and individual practice by the student. A variety of electives may be taken. eithcr on Wednesday or at scattered times through the week.

Third Year:

Ward clcrkships in Medicine. Obstetrics-Gynecology. Pedi- atrics. and Surgery occupy the third year. Students have close concact with a limited number of selected patients under the supervision of at- rending physicians and house sraff.

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Fourth Yt~,:

During one semester senior serve as clinical clerks in Psy- chiatry and as clerks to ambulatory patients in the Out-Patient Service.

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see disease in its earlier stages, when more difficult of diagnosis, under conditions of office practice and with oppor- tunitie for follow-up examinations and observation over relatively long periods.

Senior have an entire emester designated as elective. The opportunities for u e of this elective semester include research fellowships in a clinical or pre-clinical department, at Vanderbilc or other institutions; advanced ward clerk hip in clinical areas; combinations of a variety of specialcy clinics and lecture courses. The flexibility of the fourth year curriculum gives the tudent maximum opportunity for individual development.

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LEcrURESHIPS

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IEGA ALPIIA LECTURE. The Alpha Omega Alpha Hllnor Medi- cal Society invites each year a scientist of prominence to deli vcr a lecture:

before the students, faculty, and local members of the m,;dical profession.

The first lecture was given during the school year 192.6-192.7.

THE BARNEY BROOKS MEMORIAL LucrURl!SUlP 1 SURGERY. In 19)1 through the generosity of a Vanderbilt alumnus an annual lectureship was established to honor the memory of Dr. Barney Brooks, f(.rmerly Professor of urgery and Head of the Department and Surgeon-in-C.hief of the Van- derbilt Univer ity Hospital. A a fitting memorial to Dr. Bwoks these lectures have been given by physicians who have made distinguished con- tributions in clinical or investigative surgery. Thl.: first Barney Brooks Memorial Lecture in Surgery was given during the spring of 19)3.

TIIB ABRAIIAI FLBXNBJI.LECTURHSIllP. In the fall of 1')2.7 Mr. Bernard Flexner of ew York City gave $)0,000 to Vandcrbilt University toestab- Ii h the Abraham Flexner Lectureship in the School of Medicine. This lec- tureship is awarded every two years to a scientist of outstan.ling allainments who hall spend as much as two months in resiJel1l.:e in .Issociation with a department of the School of Medicine. The first seril.:s of kerures was given in the fall of 192. .

PAULINE M. KINO ME WRlAL LECTURIlSIIIP. This b.:tur..:ship was estab- lished in 1962. by Mr. Robert F. King of Klamath River, Californi:.l, as a memorial to his wife. Each year a distinguished thoracic IIr cardiuvascular sur~eon is invited by the Department of Surgery to lecture at Vanderbilt UOIversity S hool of MediCIne. The first Pauline M. King Memorial Lecture was given in the spring of 196).

GLBNN A. MILLIKAN MBMORIAL LECTURB. This lectun ship was estab- lished in 1947 by the members of the then second-year cbss. It has sub- sequently received support by means uf a cap'ital fund by

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Gknn t-.lilli- kan's father and mother, Dr. Robert A. MillIkan and Mrs. Gn;tna B. Milli- kan, and friends. Contributions have been made to thl.: fund by members of the founding clas and other students. The lecturesh i

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is maimained to provide a distinguished lecturer in physiology.

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MORGAN VISITING PROFESSORSHIPIN MllDIClNli This visiting profes orship was established in 19)9 through the J;.:enerosity of faculty, former hou e officers, and friends of the late Dr. Hugh

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Morgan who scrvcd as Professor of Medicine and Chairman of the Department at Van,\c;rbilt University School of Medicine from 1935 through 19'\',). ;\s a trihu(c to Dr. Morgan and his outstanding qualitil.:s as a sllpcrilll' dlllician, thc Dc- parrm.ent of Me~icine i?vit~s a distinguished physici~1I (I) ~.r~l.:ndolle wcck

IIIreSIdence dunng whIch tlIlle he assuml.:s the teadllllg duties III thl.: Pro- fessor of Medicine wi th students, house officers, and !.lclIlt

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rile first visiting professorship was awarJed in l~)':).

TUE COBB PILCHER !vlllMORIAL LECTUKE.

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Each y ar a lecturer uf pnHlJll1t:IlCeIS selL-erc,1. Ihe IIISI IIItun' \\.Is ):I,"CII

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I TRUCTIO LEADING TO THE .D. A D PH.D. DEGREES

lilt rc ted students at Vanderbilt arc encouraged toward careers in aca- Jemic meJicine. In order to facilitate the development of teachers and lIIeJical investigators who are capable in clinical and basic medical sciences, a combined cour of study leading to the M.D. and Ph.D. d gre s has been instituted.

In addition to the educational benefits of the program, students may obtain shular hip upport for part of the predoctoral period. It is ex- pect d that ix to seven calendar years will berequired for completion of the

ombined degree program.

All andidates must meet the requirements of both the medical and graduate s hool for matriculation and graduation. Selection of the andidate will be made by the admission committees and deans of the graduate and medical schools. The graduate program of the student will

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plann d by hi m jor adviser, a member of the graduate faculty, in the usual manner. Most students will enter the program after the sophomore year in m dical school, and will complete the course work for both degrees and much of the thesis re earch before entering the clinical clerkships in the junior year of medical school.

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