Medicine, M.D.

Minimum Totals for Graduation: 243 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 underserved populations in Michigan and beyond. The holistic process includes measuring a student's cognitive capabilities, past experiences and personal attribute.

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 600	Medicine and Society	18(Spec)
MED 610	Essentials of Clinical Skills	17(Spec)
MED 630	Foundational Sciences of Medicine: Wellness and Disease	9-18(Spec)
MED 640	Reproductive/Human Development: Wellness and Disease	8(Spec)
MED 650	Cardiopulmonary: Wellness and Disease	10(Spec)
MED 660	Renal/Endocrine: Wellness and Disease	10(Spec)

Note: MED 600 and MED 610 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.

Note: Students will take MED 630 two times, as MED 630a and MED 630b, for 9 credits each.

Required Courses - Year II (40 hours)

MED 740	Neurosciences and Behavior: Wellness and Disease	10(Spec)
MED 750	Musculoskeletal/Dermal: Wellness and Disease	8(Spec)
MED 760	Gastrointestinal: Wellness and Disease	8(Spec)
MED 770	Hematology/Oncology: Wellness and Disease	8(Spec)
MED 780	SYNAPSE	6(Spec)

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

To be taken in Year III only: (66 hours)

MED 800	Comprehensive Community Clerkship	24(Spec)
MED 810	Clerkship: Surgery	12(Spec)
MED 820	Hospital Medicine	12(Spec)
MED 830	Clerkship: Psychiatry	6(Spec)
MED 840	Clerkship: Obstetrics and Gynecology	6(Spec)
MED 850	Clerkship: 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 910	Surgery Sub-Internship	8(Spec)
MED 920	Internal Medicine Sub-Internship	8(Spec)
MED 930	Clerkship: Emergency Medicine	6(Spec)

Elective Clerkships (42 hours)

Select one or combination of the following, to equal minimum of 28 weeks (42 hours), with approval of the College of Medicine Office of Curriculum:

To be taken in Year III only:

MED 797

Special Topics: Medical Clerkship Elective

1-30(Spec)

To be taken in Year IV only:

MED 997