FacultyOFMEDICINE Memorial university of newfoundland

Curriculum

In the first year of medical school, students are taught basic medical sciences specifically focusing on the human body systems. This is followed by the interdisciplinary study of disease in second year. In addition to science courses, students learn clinical skills, community engagement, and physician competencies in their first two years of study. The next two years are the clerkship years where students shadow doctors in clinics and hospitals. During these clerkship years, students can take electives such as:

Anesthesiology

Community health practice

Emergency medicine

Family medicine

Urban family medicine

Laboratory medicine

Pediatrics Psychiatry Radiology

Obstetrics and gynecology

General medicine and subspecialties

General surgery and subspecialties

References

1 Memorial University Faculty of Medicine About us [Online] Available from: http://www med mun ca/getdoc/91547528-2693-4545-9ed5-f3b6586449c4/AboutUs aspx

2 Memorial University Faculty of Medicine Our History [Online] Available from: http://www med mun ca/Medicine/Division- Discipline/AboutUs/History aspx

3 Memorial University Faculty of Medicine Application Evaluation and Completions [Online] Available from: http://www med mun ca/Admissions/ApplicationEvaluationCompetitions aspx

4 Memorial University Faculty of Medicine Application Preparation [Online] Available from: http://www.med.mun.ca/Admissions/Application-Preparation.aspx

5 Memorial University Faculty of Medicine Important Dates [Online] Available from: http://www med mun ca/Admissions/Important-Dates aspx

6 Memorial University Faculty of Medicine MD Undergraduate Curriculum [Online] Available from: http://www med mun ca/UGradME/MD-Program-Renewal aspx