Program Overview

MD Program

The MD Program at USF Health Morsani College of Medicine is designed to provide students with a comprehensive medical education.

Overview

The learning of high-quality clinical skills is a priority for USF Health. The state-of-the-art Center for Experiential Learning and Simulation (ELS) is where students can both learn and be evaluated on their clinical skills. These skills are introduced during the student’s first year and then taught and evaluated during all four years of their medical school experience. By the close of their fourth year, students will have had more than fifty hours of direct clinical skills assessment within the Center.

Experiential Learning & Simulation

The Center for Experiential Learning and Simulation (ELS) opened in 1995 and moved into the downtown simulation facility CAMLS in 2016. ELS serves as an evaluation center for several USF Health students. The Center has eighteen state-of-the-art clinical examination rooms, all equipped with advanced digital video monitoring and a closed-circuit computerized evaluation system.

Accreditation

The ELS is accredited by the American College of Surgeons and the Society for Simulation in Healthcare.

Student Focused

The advancement of high-quality clinical skills is a priority for USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. ELS is where students can learn and be evaluated on their clinical skills. These skills are introduced during the student’s first year and then taught and evaluated during all four years of their medical school experience. By the close of their fourth year, students will have had more than fifty hours of direct clinical skills assessment within the Center, as well as more than two hundred hours of direct clinical skills education.

Standardized Patient Program

The Standardized Patient Program is integrated within all four years of the medical school curriculum. The program has over 150 highly trained individuals from the community who provide verbal and written feedback based on the student’s communication skills.

• Learn and be evaluated on interpersonal, history-taking, and physical skills during their first, second, and third years in their longitudinal doctoring courses.
  • Learn physical examination techniques from faculty clinicians, then perform these organ system examinations during their longitudinal doctoring courses.
• Learn and be evaluated on their communication skills during all of their activities in the ELS.
• Learn and be evaluated on their interpersonal skills; their ability to obtain an abbreviated history and perform a focused physical examination that revolves around a medical complaint during their third year.
• Be evaluated on their ability to obtain a comprehensive history and physical examination, including their interpersonal and communications skills, examination technique, and sequencing during their third and fourth year.

Program Structure

The MD Program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive medical education. The program includes:

• MD Admissions
• Educational Programs
• Experiential Learning & Simulation
• Clinical Teaching Sites
• Student Housing
• Tuition & Fees
• Get to Know

Current Students

The Office of Student Affairs provides support and resources for current students, including:

• Activities & Events
• Student Spaces
• USF-Lehigh Valley
• Scholarly Concentrations Program
• Student Research
• Student Involvement
• M.A.P.S.
• Academic Support Center

Resources

The MD Program provides access to various resources, including:

• Calendars & Events
• Library Services
• Technology Support
• MD Program Resources
• MCOM Guidelines