INSTRUCTION LEADING TO

THE M. D. DEGREE

The curriculum is divided into a basic set of required courses taken

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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 ex~rience 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 Associate Dean fo;

Education.

All electives are courses for credit, graded on the same basis as required courses, and are nonremunerative. The following types of courses maybe 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.

The medical curriculum at Vanderbilt is under constant review by bOth faculty and students, and is subJect to timely change as recommended by the Committee of Education and approved by the Executive Faculty of the Medical School.

Fir;' Jear: Most of the year is spent in the study of anatomy, biochemistry, and physiology. All day Wednesday and Saturday mornin~ (durin$. the second semester) are reserved for study and electives. Electives available to the freshman cover a wide ran~e of subjects, e .~., Fundamental Principles in Use of RadioisotoJ.'Cs, Topics In General PhYSiology, Medicine in Fami.

lies and the Community, Medical Genetics, Principles of Anthropology.

Second Jear: Courses include Microbiology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Medical Statistics, Preventive Medicine, and Psychiatry. Students beglD the study of patients during the second semester, when all the clinic~J.

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partments cooperate in giving the student an introduction to history taklDg, physical examination, and laboratory study of patients through a serie~of lectures, demonstrations, and individual practice by the student. A vanety of electives may be taken, either on Wednesday or at scattered times through the week.

Third year: Ward c1erkships in Medicine, Obstetrics-Gynecology, Psy.

chiatry, Neurology, Orthopedic Surgery, Pediatrics, and Surgery occupy the third year. Students have close contact with a limited number of selected patients under the supervision of attending physicans and house staff.

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Fourth year:

During one semester seniors serve as clinical clerks in Psy- iatry and as clerks to ambulatory patients in the Outpatient Service.

ere they have op~rtunity to see disease in its earlier stages, when more ifficultof diagnosIs, under conditions of office practice, and with oppor- nides for follow-up examinations and observation over relatively long

iods.

Seniorshave an entire semester designated as elective. The opportunities

r use of this elective semester include research fellowships in a clinical or

reclinical department, at Vanderbilt or other institutions; advanced ward

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d lecture courses. The flexibility of the fourth-year curriculum gives

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