• MED 52902
  Introduction to Clinical Medicine I (Step 11)
  Fall, 5th Year/5 credits
  5 hours per week (70 hours per semester)
  Duration: 14 weeks
• MED 53003
  Introduction to Clinical Medicine II
  Spring, 5th Year/6 credits
  8 hours per week (88 hours per semester)
  Duration: 11 weeks
  Course Coordinator: Ethan Fried, M.D.
  Course Director: Mala Varma, M.D.

This course (MED 52902 and 53003) is designed to build upon students' knowledge of the basic sciences and prepare them for the clinical clerkship in medicine. The course integrates pathophysiology with clinical medicine, and is taught using case studies.

Topics include cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, gerontology, hematology, immunology, infectious diseases, medical genetics, nephrology, nutritional aspects of diseases, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology, pulmonary medicine, and rheumatology.

• MED 52000
  Physical Diagnosis
  Spring, 5th Year/4 credits
  2 lecture, 4 tutorial and 3 bedside hours per week
  Duration: 16 weeks
  Course Coordinator: Ethan Fried, M.D.
  Course Director: Anjali Bhandarkar, M.D.
  Course Director: Kehinde Odedosu, M.D.
  Course Director: Megan Collins, M.D.

This course instructs the student in the art and technique of the patient interview and physical examination through a lecture series, a smaller group tutorial segment, and actual bedside patient examinations.