Program Overview

MD Curriculum

The MD curriculum at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine is designed to train future primary care physicians and leaders in health systems science.

Overview

Medical students acquire knowledge in the basic and clinical sciences that underpin all medical practice while simultaneously gaining a fundamental understanding of health systems science. The curriculum emphasizes integrated care, patient-centered care that delivers essential services to patients for clinical conditions across many medical disciplines, with effective communication and collaboration between community-based primary care providers and hospital-based specialists.

Phase One: Foundational Basic Science Instruction and Research

During Phase One, students spend 46 weeks engaged with interdisciplinary pre-clerkship coursework that covers foundational basic science concepts in biology, anatomy, and physiology. Students acquire skills in the behavioral and social aspects of practicing medicine that confer readiness to interact with patients and other healthcare providers during clerkship training in Phase Two.

• The year begins with the Language Acquisition course, which integrates core basic science concepts with case-based clinical learning exercises.
• This course and subsequent organ systems courses are delivered in a dynamic mix of small and large group sessions that promote active learning.
• There is one week of elective time, during which students choose an area of interest from a variety of primary care clinical topics.
• The integrated longitudinal courses include:
  • Core clinical skills training, with a focus on integrating communication skills with medical knowledge and clinical reasoning
  • Health systems science education and foundational training in ethics, humanities, and professionalism
  • Exposure to ambulatory care practice
• Throughout Phase One, students participate in various learning modalities, including:
  • Problem-based learning
  • Small group seminars
  • Large group lectures
  • Workshops
  • Clinical skills training sessions
  • Clinical simulations
  • Bedside teaching

Phase Two: Core Clerkship Training

During Phase Two, students spend 45 weeks in core clerkship training at NYU Langone HospitalLong Island and our ambulatory care training sites. Throughout, students develop core clinical skills and consolidate medical knowledge to confer readiness for advanced training in Phase Three.

• Students participate in core clerkships in:
  • Internal medicine
  • Neurology
  • Obstetrics and gynecology
  • Pediatrics
  • Primary care
  • Psychiatry
  • Surgery
• As well as a core rotation in rehabilitation and pain management and two weeks of elective study.
• Longitudinal courses meet once a week on a rotating schedule, including:
  • Ambulatory care clinic
  • Problem-based learning
  • Health systems science
  • Ethics and humanities
  • Radiology
• As a culmination of this phase, students take a comprehensive clinical skills exam, a series of simulated patient encounters that assess skills in communication, taking patient histories, conducting physical examinations, and clinical reasoning.

Phase Three: Advanced Skill Development, Individualized Exploration, and Career Preparation

Phase Three begins with a four-week structured independent learning course to prepare for the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 examination and a three-week structured independent learning course to prepare for the USMLE Step 2 examination. Then, students spend 35 weeks completing longitudinal educational experiences, including a capstone project for HSS-SHEP.

• In addition to a clinical rotation in the emergency room and a critical care medicine (ICU) rotation, each student completes a sub-internship, or advanced clerkship, in either internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, or surgery.
• There are 12 weeks of elective time.
• Phase Three culminates in a transition to residency course.