Course of Study

The Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) is a professional degree which requires four years of professional study. Our innovative curriculum is designed to fulfill our mission of training primary care physicians. Its design is based on successful academic models, carefully developed and integrated.

The unique curriculum provides academic and clinical training which prepares students for the "real world" of medicine. It will make you more competitive for postdoctoral training positions and more attractive to those interviewing candidates for those positions.

A notable aspect of our clinical training program is a three-month clinical rotation at a rural setting where many residents have little access to health care. You will learn to treat various cultural and ethnic groups whose lifestyles and attitudes toward health care differ from those you will see in more traditional training sites. It is an enriching educational experience.

Com Curriculum

M1 Curriculum

Fall Term
Cellular & Molecular Biology
Gross Anatomy
Clinical Practicum I
Ethnocultural Medicine
OPP I
IGC Preceptorship I
Smoking Cessation
Basic Life Support

Winter Term
Neuroscience
Microbial Pathology & Therapeutics of Infectious Disease
Clinical Practicum II
IGC Preceptorship II
Introduction to Public Health
OPP II
Principles of Radiology

Elective Offerings
Research, Fall, Winter and Summer
Medical Spanish, Fall and Winter
Preclinical Preceptorship, Summer

M2 Curriculum

Fall Term
Principles of Clinical Medicine (PCM)
Principles of Pharmacology
Principles of Pathology
Rural Medicine
Integumentary System
Hemat & Lymph System
Respiratory System
Cardiovascular System
Gastrointestinal System
Endocrine System
Women’s Health System
IGC Preceptorship III
End of Life Seminar
OPP III Group A/B
Complementary Alternative Med. (CAM)
HIV Seminar

Winter Term
ACLS
Principles of Clinical Medicine II
Psychiarty & Behavioral Medicine
IGC Preceptorship IV
Medical Ethics Seminar
Medial Jurisprudence
Musculoskeletal System
Nervous System
OPP IV
PALS
Pre-Clerkship
Renal/Urinary System

Electives Offered
Integration of the Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Winter
Research, Fall, Winter and Summer
Medical Spanish, Fall and Winter
Guided Study, Fall, Winter and Summer

M3 Curriculum

Fall Term, Didactic Courses
Public Health & Epidemiology
Geriatrics

Winter Term, Didactic Courses
Clinical Cases/Infectious Disease
COMLEX I
Integration of Clinical Sciences and Diagnosis (Board Review Elective)

CORE CLINICAL ROTATIONS

Fall and Winter Term
Geriatrics
Pediatrics/Ambulatory
Pediatrics/Hospital
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Psychiatry
Rural Medicine/Selective
Family Medicine (2 months)
General Surgery (2 months)
Internal Medicine (3 months)
Rural Medicine/Ambulatory (2 month)

M4 Curriculum

Fall Term, No Didactic Courses

Winter Term, Didactic Courses
COMLEX II –CE
COMLEX II – PE
Senior Seminar

CLINICAL ROTATION ELECTIVES
Addiction Medicine
Adolescent Medicine
Allergy/Immunization
Anesthesiology
Cardiology
Cardiovascular Surgery
Critical Care Unit
Dermatology
Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology
ENT - Othorhinolaryngology
Family Medicine
Gastroenterology
General Surgery
Geriatrics
Hematology
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
International Medicine
Interventional Radiology
Neonatal
Nephrology
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Ob/Gyn
Occupational Medicine
OMM Medicine
Hematology/Oncology
Ophthalmology
Orthopedics
Pain Management
Pathology
Pediatrics- General
Pediatrics – Subspecialty
Pediatrics – Sub Internship
Plastic surgery
Psychiatry
Radiology and subspecialties
Rehabilitation Medicine
Rheumatology
Rural Medicine
Sports Medicine
Thoracic Surgery
Trauma Surgery
Urology
Vascular Surgery