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Harvard Medical School is one of the world's preeminent institutions in medi$ t/ W0 L0 z2 y# T9 ~- d& S
cal education and research. The breadth and depth of its scientific and clin
+ h U D6 z8 ^2 j* E) b, F) Wical disciplines are unsurpassed. The School has nearly 8,000 faculty and 17
1 b- }% q! z4 i: _ affiliated facilities.
1 S( i* V( v* H& HAt the core of the Medical School are its educational and research programs.
4 g8 c: C- v+ a& ~2 P The student body is composed of 650 men and women in the MD program; 477 st
; W Z! c/ ?; P, P- W: vudents in the PhD program; and 132 in the joint MD-PhD programs, part of whi5 u5 S `3 p. L& x+ e# V0 o6 a7 ^# ]
ch is sponsored in collaboration with MIT. For its medical students, Harvard
5 a% ~9 B: n. S8 n has inaugurated the New Pathway curriculum, a problem-solving, case-method; ~: J( p! \* T& P
approach to learning, offering the opportunity to come in contact with patie
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The Medical School has nine departments in basic and social science discipli
! U+ H- N& s6 _) Z2 Mnes: Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Genetics
0 } r; `' @, w, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Pathology, Ambulatory C; A' j/ ?9 t( [ m
are and Prevention, Health Care Policy, and Social Medicine.
: V! s* H- X# |. b5 U) [* _/ n( {The Medical School is the largest of Harvard's graduate faculties and has tr5 H( T, K( y: l0 |
aditionally been a trend-setter for many University-wide initiatives.
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