Our Educational Mission
To prepare physicians who will provide outstanding, patient-centered care and to inspire future leaders who will improve world health through scholarship and innovation.
Overview
The Stanford MD curriculum integrates basic science and clinical experience with in-depth study and independent research throughout the years of medical school. Other major themes of the new curriculum include:
Integration
- Streamlined content and optimized course sequence
- Melding of basic science and clinical concepts throughout the curriculum
Individual Opportunities
- Blocks of unscheduled time for individual or group study, elective coursework, and research
- Option of a fifth or sixth year of study and opportunities for earning joint degrees
Scholarly Concentrations
- Area of academic focus, or "major," designed to ground the student's education in an area of passionate interest
- Enhance student satisfaction with the study of medicine and foster a lifelong commitment to investigation and cross-disciplinary thinking
- Strengthening of Doctor-Patient Communication and Clinical Skills Instruction
- Broad clinical science education in the first two years with early exposure to patient care and the practice of medicine
- Early entry into clinical clerkships
- Broader emphasis on doctor-patient communication, ethics, and the art of medicine
Graduation Requirements
This documents summarizes the required coursework, clerkships and total units for graduation.
Curriculum Schematic
The schematic provides a visual overview of the five program blocks that make up the MD curriculum, and how they interact.
Scholarly Concentrations
The Scholarly Concentration is a required, structured program of study -- akin to a "major" -- designed to ground each student's education in an area of passionate interest.
Educators-4-Care
Each incoming medical student is matched with an Educator-4-CARE faculty, who will serve as a teacher, mentor and colleague for the duration of the student’s time at Stanford.
