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Harvard Medical School is one of the world's preeminent institutions in medi$ h& J/ v2 {- i% z' _
cal education and research. The breadth and depth of its scientific and clin9 }' [* a" W; ?: n: r
ical disciplines are unsurpassed. The School has nearly 8,000 faculty and 17
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At the core of the Medical School are its educational and research programs.
5 u3 q6 A, M1 y$ ` The student body is composed of 650 men and women in the MD program; 477 st, _# j6 C" P( B; ?1 G( P: m
udents in the PhD program; and 132 in the joint MD-PhD programs, part of whi8 H3 Z, Q( I9 c& b
ch is sponsored in collaboration with MIT. For its medical students, Harvard; P5 s4 C: G7 ]/ r" [
has inaugurated the New Pathway curriculum, a problem-solving, case-method5 l3 d- C9 ^/ H$ X* O: L" C
approach to learning, offering the opportunity to come in contact with patie& Q4 p) M, O M1 a6 [+ {
nt cases early in their studies.& u# a: S1 P( F. v
The Medical School has nine departments in basic and social science discipli8 Z" z% S7 y+ [' I: }! D$ ^
nes: Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Genetics6 C: S; i' z- F( i( {
, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Pathology, Ambulatory C' |# D2 K$ m; u8 Z/ c; A* V: E
are and Prevention, Health Care Policy, and Social Medicine.
" S6 J0 z) u+ g# S6 V9 PThe Medical School is the largest of Harvard's graduate faculties and has tr4 S& x. h# Q6 W1 A$ n2 s
aditionally been a trend-setter for many University-wide initiatives.
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