Mdphd program requirements

These FYGs meet every week in an informal course setting to work on critical thinking and scientific communication skills scientific reading, writing, speaking, etc. FYG faculty members lead these small groups and function as academic advisors to the students participating in their FYGs. These FYGs are also used as a mechanism to create a community within the BBSP environment and open the door into the graduate school environment.

In this capacity, MD-PhD students are able to build relationships within the graduate school that will help them make good choices in terms of finding research rotations, choosing a PhD department, and eventually choosing a PhD thesis advisor.

The goal is to expand the RCR curriculum so that it spans all phases of your combined-degree training. This allows for more in-depth exploration of topics and identification of how the principles of RCR are to be applied in the medical and graduate school settings.

You will be expected to participate in this curriculum throughout all years of training. Before the middle of your first year of graduate school, you will work with your PhD thesis advisor and the MD-PhD Program Directors to choose a clinical scholar mentor whose area of interest touches upon your research focus. Your clinical scholar mentor will provide you with longitudinal clinical experience to bring as much clinical relevance as possible to your research project.

Our goal is that the clinical mentor becomes a sustaining role model for you, and your mentor often serves on your thesis committee though this is not required. While the structure of the LCC varies considerably from one student to the next, this has become a mandatory requirement of the graduate school experience. You will register for the Longitudinal Clinical Clerkship at the beginning of your second year of graduate school and will receive six credit hours and exemption from the Advanced Practice Selective that is required for fourth year medical students.

All students are expected to complete the process of becoming a resident of the State of North Carolina. Once residency is established, you will need to submit a residency application form to the Medical School.

The Admissions Committee is looking for accurate, in-depth evaluations of qualities suitable for medical school. These qualities include motivation to attend medical school, maturity, character, and commitment to the practice of medicine.

Letters from family and friends are not recommended. Additionally, a minimum of one year in research experience is required. Of course students are also expected to take some vacation time this year! A week or two here or there is fine, and it is understood that students who Match outside of Philly will need to time for a housing search in another city in the spring. But for the most part, MD-PhD students should be in school full time throughout the year.

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