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Harvard Medical School is one of the world's preeminent institutions in medi0 D+ X" K( M7 r8 P' E9 M# L7 E
cal education and research. The breadth and depth of its scientific and clin! `9 Z5 _8 F* n! l( F" k
ical disciplines are unsurpassed. The School has nearly 8,000 faculty and 17) }( n7 P2 h: \! A9 D2 F) }' t
affiliated facilities.
4 A/ |7 a6 [2 ^, [& e2 ?5 bAt the core of the Medical School are its educational and research programs.
+ Q+ r4 h& v0 n7 a/ s2 }' \8 b The student body is composed of 650 men and women in the MD program; 477 st* q( L& z$ J. z. a% N" @
udents in the PhD program; and 132 in the joint MD-PhD programs, part of whi$ T% W$ b# f1 H! A, I. M/ P
ch is sponsored in collaboration with MIT. For its medical students, Harvard
; s7 K# Z% y& [+ Y. }8 ? has inaugurated the New Pathway curriculum, a problem-solving, case-method
0 s7 L3 k1 L: S9 i7 I2 Vapproach to learning, offering the opportunity to come in contact with patie% I! T; x7 m7 ]( X8 h' Y& s" t z
nt cases early in their studies.2 P" A2 k. C F8 W
The Medical School has nine departments in basic and social science discipli/ x4 z% }& p6 S6 z: d
nes: Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Genetics
- I% Q' \+ O3 G- f1 T, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Pathology, Ambulatory C- A: L C! W0 W( D8 `& l+ X8 \" `2 D
are and Prevention, Health Care Policy, and Social Medicine.
3 G+ O& n8 y( h8 \) jThe Medical School is the largest of Harvard's graduate faculties and has tr: L9 m3 t) Z; B& Z% Q+ T( S- N! e; Q1 J
aditionally been a trend-setter for many University-wide initiatives." O. Q- q0 b: u) t7 p" v
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