Health Sciences Calendar
2005 - 2006

3.3.8 Curriculum Outline for Class of 2009 (students admitted 2005) and Class of 2008 (students admitted 2004)

PLEASE NOTE:

The Faculty of Medicine will continue to introduce curriculum changes that will affect the Classes of 2009 and 2008 program. Students should refer to the Undergraduate Medicine Education web site, http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/ugme/ for updates.

BASIS OF MEDICINE (BOM) - Class of 2009
Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	March	April	May	June	July	Aug.
Molecules, Cells & Tissues (4 weeks)	Gas, Fluids & Electrolytes (9 weeks)		Life Cycle (3 weeks)	Endocrinology, Metabolism & Nutrition (7 weeks)		Musculo- skeletal & Blood (4 weeks)	Nervous System & Special Senses (8 weeks)		Host Defense & Host Parasite (5 weeks)	Vacation or Research or Community Project
Physicianship A (PHP-A)
Physician Apprenticeship

BASIS OF MEDICINE (BOM) - Taken by Class of 2008 in academic year 2004-2005
Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	March	April	May	June	July	Aug.
Molecules, Cells & Tissues (4 weeks)	Gas, Fluids & Electrolytes (9 weeks)		Life Cycle (3 weeks)	Endocrinology, Metabolism & Nutrition (7 weeks)		Musculo- skeletal & Blood (4 weeks)	Nervous System & Special Senses (8 weeks)		Host Defense & Host Parasite (5 weeks)	Vacation/ Research
ITP

				INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL MEDICINE (ICM)										POM - CORE
Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	March	April		May			June	July	Aug.
Host Defense & Host Parasite (2 weeks)	Pathobiology, Treatment & Prevention of Disease (14 weeks)			ICS, EBM, Ethics & Law (4 weeks)	Intro to Internal Medicine (7 weeks)		Intro to Surgery/ Anesthesia/ Opthalmology (7 weeks)				Intro to Neurology/ Oncology/ Radiology (7 weeks)		Vacation (4 weeks)	Intro to POM (1 wk)	Fam Med- Rural (4 wks)
ITPM

PRACTICE OF MEDICINE (POM): CORE CLERKSHIPS*
Sept.	Oct.	Nov.		Dec.			Jan.			Feb.				March			April	May			June	July	Aug.
Fam Med- Urban (4 weeks)	Medicine (8 weeks)		Obstetrics & Gynecology (8 weeks)					General Surgery (4 weeks)			Elective (4 weeks)				Pediatrics (8 weeks)				Psychiatry (8 weeks)			Vacation (4 weeks)	Emerg. Medicine (4 weeks)
* Core Clerkships may be completed in 12 different sequences; one representative sequence is depicted.

PRACTICE OF MEDICINE (POM): SENIOR CLERKSHIPS**
Sept.				Oct.				Nov.				Dec.				Jan				Feb.				March				April
Elective (4 weeks)			Geriatric Medicine (4 weeks)				Surgery Sub-speciality (4 weeks)				Elective (4 weeks)			Vacation (4 weeks)			Elective (4 weeks)				Medicine & Society (4 weeks)				Seminar (4 weeks)				Seminar (3 weeks)
** Senior Clerkships may be completed in 7 different sequences; one representative sequence is depicted.