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Harvard Medical School is one of the world's preeminent institutions in medi& o; g+ a" @8 b8 R Y* J( A
cal education and research. The breadth and depth of its scientific and clin1 x+ i$ I4 A, o0 _; F3 K! ~. M
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 L3 ?2 }( ?( ?8 N L! U The student body is composed of 650 men and women in the MD program; 477 st
6 P9 B: N+ \, ]. V: y! M" M0 Vudents in the PhD program; and 132 in the joint MD-PhD programs, part of whi
! Z* h3 j& ^* x5 K! N; kch is sponsored in collaboration with MIT. For its medical students, Harvard
: l1 w: g% E9 l) ^3 @" Z has inaugurated the New Pathway curriculum, a problem-solving, case-method/ |' |+ p, |! R' y$ r' V
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 A$ l: |. k2 ]' E
nes: Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Genetics, W8 l: c) e& c( U' p1 {( r' ~
, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Pathology, Ambulatory C& v( n3 a/ K- e, A7 u
are and Prevention, Health Care Policy, and Social Medicine.
- u# `) j" w0 c; D6 I1 ^# ?: |The Medical School is the largest of Harvard's graduate faculties and has tr
: d1 p- y. M8 d' S6 Naditionally been a trend-setter for many University-wide initiatives.
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