Course Descriptions

Research Tutorial in Biomedical Sciences First year MD/PhD students enroll in the research tutorial is in a group setting.  A bi-monthly seminar is organized with one of the research faculty in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; they are held from September to December, January to May, and June through early August.  The goals are to expose first-year students to multiple research technologies, themes of faculty research, and critical reviews of scientific literature.

Research Tutorial in Biomedical Sciences - Second year MD/PhD students enroll in the "one-on-one" tutorial course in which each student selects a faculty member for a more intensive exposure to their field of study. The goal of the tutorial is to expose students to different research fields and to our GSBS faculty during their pre-clinical education. This experience will also help them select the laboratory to perform their thesis work. The tutorial consists of an hour each week (or every other week depending on their schedule), and may consist of attending lab meeting or journal club, or discussing a topic or a paper with the faculty on an individual basis.  Bench research is not to be performed and is confined to summer lab rotations.

Tutorial in Clinical Skills - The MD/PhD program stresses the importance of clinical involvement throughout the graduate years.  The goal of this course is to provide students with a continuous link to clinical skills and to familiarize students with different clinical settings.  Sessions reinforce clinical skills learned from the first two years of the medical curriculum.  The students will engage in clinical experiences for a minimum 10 hours per semester.  The students can round with physicians on the ward services, attend an outpatient clinic, or participate in supervised freestanding clinics in the local area.

MD/PhD Seminar Series: - This seminar series is a monthly event, organized by the MD/PhD students, and the focus is not only the research, but the communication and presentation skills of the presenter.  The seminar assists students during the research years to develop communication competancy.   Every month, two upper level graduate program students present their research project.