4.3: Academic Requirements for Graduation
In addition to satisfying the requirements for the MD degree, students entering in Academic Year 2015-16 must also complete the following requirements.
Academic Units
Satisfactory completion of a minimum total of 254 required academic units as specified in the table Courses and Units for Students Matriculating Academic Year 2015-16.
Students cannot graduate with any uncorrected failing grade in a pre-clerkship course or any uncorrected failing or marginal pass grade in clinical clerkships. Students can graduate with one uncorrected marginal pass in a pre-clerkship course having fewer than eight units.
Pre-clerkship Curriculum
Students must successfully complete all required courses on the pre-clerkship grid (140 units).
Clinical Curriculum
A minimum of fifteen and one-half months (96 units) in clinical clerkships and completion of MED 397: Capstone Clerkship Preparation for Residency. Those students that will not enter the match will be allowed to opt out of MED 297 and substitute requirement with an additional 2-weeks of elective clerkship.
Additional requirements
- MED 295 Certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) – 2 units
- INDE 297 Reflections, Research, and Advances in Patient Care – 4 units
- Scholarly Concentration – Completion of 12 units of coursework and other requirements of a Scholarly Concentration
- Demonstration of at least minimum competency in a comprehensive Clinical Performance Examination (CPX)
- United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) requirements
Section 4: Curriculum Overview
Required Pre-Clerkship Curriculum
REQUIRED CLERKSHIP CURRICULUM
4.8: Selective Clerkship Requirement
4.9: Absences During Clerkships
4.10: Dropping Clerkshps Less than Four Weeks Before Start of Period
4.11: Clerkships at Other Institutions
4.12: INDE: 297: Reflections, Research and Advances in Patient Care
4.13: MED: 295: Advanced Cardiac Life Support