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Harvard Medical School is one of the world's preeminent institutions in medi* g8 G% E' U* U) k/ p
cal education and research. The breadth and depth of its scientific and clin5 [2 T5 R" |; Z; q( ?& {' C
ical disciplines are unsurpassed. The School has nearly 8,000 faculty and 17
- s. V( }! J+ |5 L4 e affiliated facilities.& U4 I$ S9 W; V6 ~. l+ d
At the core of the Medical School are its educational and research programs.5 L! o$ T. P. L' U" H) j! @7 k
The student body is composed of 650 men and women in the MD program; 477 st |; n: O# F" z* H0 ^
udents in the PhD program; and 132 in the joint MD-PhD programs, part of whi2 H N' v8 {6 o8 v/ u
ch is sponsored in collaboration with MIT. For its medical students, Harvard
" c$ o- \) P* Y: n% w! U7 S+ N has inaugurated the New Pathway curriculum, a problem-solving, case-method
& l- U% T0 m, c& }: k' c: Q; Fapproach to learning, offering the opportunity to come in contact with patie
2 ~, g/ O0 B9 b8 @nt cases early in their studies.5 u- _& x7 k0 Z/ N3 z+ M
The Medical School has nine departments in basic and social science discipli
) G6 X" |# f+ p- g$ \3 Tnes: Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Genetics
# ^# G* j, k1 J" {- m0 l; o, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Pathology, Ambulatory C2 O3 g) h y; o S' A* }0 z
are and Prevention, Health Care Policy, and Social Medicine.
^; @0 U( T7 R! [The Medical School is the largest of Harvard's graduate faculties and has tr. X5 Y# J6 l; @* I4 f
aditionally been a trend-setter for many University-wide initiatives./ R: O& ^5 l4 T3 n
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