Although a medical education curriculum will differ depending on the medical school you attend, here is an example from a typical undergraduate medical curriculum.
The Medical Education Curriculum will vary considerably depending on the individual medical school you attend, although all are working towards the same common goal. Here is just one example of a couple of years from a typical, 4 year undergraduate curriculum.
Undergraduate Medical Curriculum
Year 2 – Lectures and Courses in:
- General pathology
- Microbiology
- Pharmacology
- Introduction to Clinical Medicine
- Correlative Pathology
- Evidence based medicine
Year 3 Clerkships in:
- Family medicine
- Neurology
- Internal medicine
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
Surgery
After graduation, it is expected that the students can display competency in:
- Medical knowledge
- Clinical skills
- Professional behavior
- The influence of family and society in healthcare
The International Health and Medical Education Center (IHMEC) has been working hard to create an international medical education policy to ensure that all medical students, no matter which medical school they attend or where they graduate, will be suitably qualified and have the necessary skills to take up a position anywhere in the world, with the knowledge that the level of expertise reached is sufficient to offer valuable and proficient healthcare to all.
While the medical education curriculum may differ between medical schools, the ultimate goals are (or are striving to be) the same, so that there is a fully trained global health workforce, fully conversant with cultural and even environmental specific diseases and health problems.