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Medicine, M.D.

Minimum Totals for Graduation: 235-241 hours

The Central Michigan University College of Medicine curriculum is an innovative, inquiry-based educational program which is integrated, individualized, sustains life-long engagement and embodies the values of the profession. This competency-based curriculum balances formal instruction with clinical training across the continuum of the fully integrated curriculum. Upon successful completion of the four-year professional program, the student will receive the Doctor of Medicine degree (MD). The College of Medicine will take a holistic approach to admissions. We seek to admit students who have personal characteristics and interests that align with the college's mission to prepare physicians focused on improving access to high quality health care in rural and medically underserved areas in Michigan. The holistic process includes measuring a student’s cognitive capabilities, past experiences and personal attributes.

Admission Requirements, Retention & Termination Standards

Students should access the most current information directly from the CMU College of Medicine website (www.cmich.edu/med).

Program Requirements

Required Courses - Year I (81 hours)

MED 600Society and Community Medicine

9(Spec)

MED 610Essentials of Clinical Skills

17(Spec)

MED 620The Art of Medicine

9(Spec)

MED 630Foundational Sciences of Medicine: Wellness and Disease

9-18(Spec)

MED 640Reproductive/Human Development: Wellness and Disease

8(Spec)

MED 650Cardiopulmonary: Wellness and Disease

10(Spec)

MED 660Renal/Endocrine: Wellness and Disease

10(Spec)

Required Courses - Year II (38 hours)

MED 740Neurosciences and Behavior: Wellness and Disease

10(Spec)

MED 750Musculoskeletal/Dermal: Wellness and Disease

8(Spec)

MED 760Gastrointestinal: Wellness and Disease

8(Spec)

MED 770Hematology/Oncology: Wellness and Disease

8(Spec)

MED 780SYNAPSE

6(Spec)

Required Core Clerkships - Years III and IV (80 hours)

To be taken in Year III only: (36 hours)

MED 800Comprehensive Community Clerkship

36(Spec)

May be taken in either Year III or IV: (30 hours)

MED 810Clerkship: Surgery

6(Spec)

MED 820Clerkship: Hospitalist - Internal Medicine

6(Spec)

MED 830Clerkship: Psychiatry

6(Spec)

MED 840Clerkship: Obstetrics and Gynecology

6(Spec)

MED 850Clerkship: Pediatrics

6(Spec)

To be taken in Year IV only: (14 hours)

Select MED 930, plus one of MED 910 or MED 920, for a total of 14 hours:

MED 910Surgery Sub-Internship

8(Spec)

MED 920Internal Medicine Sub-Internship

8(Spec)

MED 930Clerkship: Emergency Medicine

6(Spec)

Elective Clerkships (36-42 hours)

Select one or combination of the following, to equal minimum of 24 weeks (36 hours):

To be taken in Year III only:

MED 797Special Topics: Medical Clerkship Elective

1-30(Spec)

To be taken in Year IV only:

MED 997Special Topics: Medical Clerkship Elective

1-42(Spec)

To be taken in Year IV only:

MED 999Capstone

6(Spec)

Total: 235-241 semester hours

Note: MED 600, MED 610, and MED 620 are to be delivered longitudinally across the first two years of the College of Medicine curriculum. Total credit hours indicated are for the entire 2-year course.

College of Medicine students are required to take a minimum of 24 weeks of electives. These courses/clerkships will be taken as MED 797 Special Topics or MED 997 Special Topics courses, one of which may be the 4-week MED 999 Capstone, and all must be approved by the College of Medicine Office of Curriculum.