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Harvard Medical School is one of the world's preeminent institutions in medi" k- [9 C% M$ W7 X/ H8 M/ b
cal education and research. The breadth and depth of its scientific and clin
7 M. }4 J+ b( v! S% f4 H) bical disciplines are unsurpassed. The School has nearly 8,000 faculty and 17( @: r+ n6 b0 q% o- U h8 E
affiliated facilities.! H2 r1 j1 g4 r* E# q: D. |
At the core of the Medical School are its educational and research programs.: f/ Y0 ~: P9 Q4 M$ T
The student body is composed of 650 men and women in the MD program; 477 st& ]2 P/ W$ j6 ~0 P. x
udents in the PhD program; and 132 in the joint MD-PhD programs, part of whi$ T2 T% y* ]* n* x* B
ch is sponsored in collaboration with MIT. For its medical students, Harvard
! U O2 V' b( T& G. U1 c+ q: _ has inaugurated the New Pathway curriculum, a problem-solving, case-method0 x- T: l5 t9 R ~
approach to learning, offering the opportunity to come in contact with patie/ u9 \2 F0 }: [
nt cases early in their studies.
$ L4 m% V: _; g7 o5 QThe Medical School has nine departments in basic and social science discipli+ m. h$ l% O$ z, l
nes: Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Genetics8 k1 P( ?1 a3 O& i6 h
, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Pathology, Ambulatory C- p) k8 `0 e2 j$ r( k
are and Prevention, Health Care Policy, and Social Medicine.0 i% i) F7 Q0 j; i5 |1 p
The Medical School is the largest of Harvard's graduate faculties and has tr
z4 E0 s+ u5 b0 o* b8 Waditionally been a trend-setter for many University-wide initiatives.
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