Interdisciplinary Courses

This unit focuses on the structures (anatomy) of the head and neck, including their blood supply, lymphatic drainage, organization of fascia, skeletal support, cranial and spinal nerve innervation, muscles, organs of special sense, and glands (exocrine and endocrine.

This unit presents biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology and introductory histology as a prerequisite for understanding the structure and function of organs. The course material is presented in formal lectures, clinical application lectures, team-based learning sessions (TBL), discussion sessions, small group learning (SGL) exercises and laboratory exercises. Reading assignments, lecture objectives, lecture power points, explanation of active learning TBL and case based small group, discussion session assignments, small group learning exercises, laboratory manual and virtual slide collection are made available through Blackboard.

After the completion of the unit, students should be able to describe and discuss the topics on the immune system, microbiology and human genetics.

This unit focuses on professionalism as it relates to becoming a physician and issues of health care policy.

This unit focuses on professionalism as it relates to becoming a physician and issues of health care policy.

Structure and Function Unit 1 focuses on anatomical terms and concepts of organization, and uses these terms to describe the normal and abnormal anatomy of the human body.

This unit focuses on the functional anatomy of the thorax (wall, lungs and heart, along with surrounding structures of the mediastinum, blood and nerve supply), abdomen (walls, organs, blood and nerve supplies) and pelvis (walls, organs, blood and nerve supply) and be able to relate these to radiographic images and clinical scenarios.

After the completion of the unit, students should be able to describe and discuss the topics in Public Health.

This unit focuses on taking a focused as well as a comprehensive medical history via advanced history taking skills, problem focused interviewing, and sexual and substance abuse history

This interprofessional ethics course involves teaching of rudimentary knowledge and skills in ethical theory and reasoning, professional ethics, interprofessional approach to health care decision-making, goals of health care, illness experience, and other topics of concern.

This unit focuses on the mechanisms of cell injury and adaptation from the perspective of pathology.

This unit focuses on hematologic and lymphoproliferative disorders, immunology disorders, and skin and musculoskeletal disorders.

Covers macroscopic and microscopic anatomy of the lungs and pulmonary compliance and resistance.

The course includes an initial review of normal structure and function of various organs of the female reproductive system, including vulva, vagina, cervix, uterus, ovary, fallopian tubes and breast. It also examines in depth the abnormal processes of the female reproductive system, including infectious, inflammatory, immunologic, and neoplastic disorders, as well as drug treatments and surgical interventions. Clinical cases were used to illustrate concepts of reproductive diseases presentations and clinical management. The course also includes small group sessions with a particular objective of corroborating materials presented in lectures with clinical presentations that combine pathology, diagnosis and treatment. The course includes an initial review of embryonic development, normal structure and function of various organs of the gastrointestinal system, including alimentary canal, liver and biliary system, salivary glands and exocrine pancreas, motility, digestion and absorption. It also examines in depth the abnormal processes of the GI system, including infectious, inflammatory, immunologic, traumatic and mechanical disorders, as well as drug treatments and surgical interventions. Instructors use clinical cases to illustrate concepts of their GI disease presentations and clinical management. The course also includes small group sessions with a particular objective of corroborating materials presented in lectures with clinical presentations that combine pathology, diagnosis and treatment.

This unit incorporates the basic and clinical principles underlining the Central Nervous System. These series of lectures and small group discussions integrates the areas of pharmacology, pathology, microbiology, physiology, neurology, radiology, psychiatry, and ophthalmology.

Covers structure and function of the endocrine system organs including hormone synthesis, secretion, action and metabolism in the hypothalamus, posterior and anterior pituitary gland, thyroid and parathyroid glands, adrenal cortex, adrenal medulla and pancreatic islets.

The Internship Readiness Course is a required 2-week course in which fourth-year students will review and practice common in-hospital acute care clinical scenarios, bedside procedures and surgical skills, and communication techniques. Students are assigned to one of four subspecialty tracks according to their planned residency specialty: Acute Care/Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery or Obstetrics/Gynecology.