Curriculum Overview

The standard duration of the curriculum is six years delivered in 12 semesters, followed by one year of internship. The curriculum comprises three phases:

• Year 1:

• Life Cycle
• Health and Disease
• Locomotor System
• Hematology

• Year 2:

• Cardiovascular System
• Respiratory System
• Gastrointestinal System
• Endocrine & Reproductive system I

• Year 3:

• Urinary System and Reproductive System II
• Neurosciences
• Multisystem 1
• Multisystem 2
• Research Project
• Interprofessional Education for Health care

• Year 4:

• Medicine I (8 weeks)
• Surgery I (8 weeks)
• Pediatrics I (8 weeks)
• Obstetrics & Gynecology (8 weeks)

• Year 5:

• Family Medicine (8 weeks)
• Neurology (4 weeks)
• Psychiatry(4 weeks)
• Medicine II (8 weeks)
• Surgery II (8 weeks)

In this phase, the students mostly function as sub-interns and they are responsible for their own patients under supervision.

• Medicine III (4 weeks)
• Pediatrics II (4 weeks)
• Medicine IV (4 weeks)
• Surgery III (4 weeks)
• Elective I (8 weeks)
• Elective II (8 weeks)

Basic Medical Sciences and Clinical Sciences are integrated within the curriculum from day one; competencies and related learning objectives are organized around four longitudinal themes and six domains.