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Harvard Medical School is one of the world's preeminent institutions in medi
0 h2 ]: s0 d- K. Xcal education and research. The breadth and depth of its scientific and clin
! D* X) m( j" R2 L6 V/ gical 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.
/ s! S4 `. g/ ?, e# h* @$ j+ y1 s The student body is composed of 650 men and women in the MD program; 477 st' V- C2 }- m2 Z% i8 p6 X2 |+ p! ^2 \
udents in the PhD program; and 132 in the joint MD-PhD programs, part of whi
5 i$ g" n4 M( E( lch is sponsored in collaboration with MIT. For its medical students, Harvard0 s' E' t% M1 a2 d r% P, p
has inaugurated the New Pathway curriculum, a problem-solving, case-method" [+ |- a& j& w/ ~( K
approach to learning, offering the opportunity to come in contact with patie
7 v! Q i; C5 K7 Xnt cases early in their studies.
) F# D* U0 X3 ZThe Medical School has nine departments in basic and social science discipli/ X- D5 y8 f0 [( z$ }
nes: Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Genetics
' m* T% g1 P2 T' H' Y& B, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Pathology, Ambulatory C
6 k/ s5 S) ], T {! `% nare and Prevention, Health Care Policy, and Social Medicine.
3 g3 ]0 R& n0 ]8 _. m8 hThe Medical School is the largest of Harvard's graduate faculties and has tr1 @$ ~$ Q0 K; v0 f9 G7 k3 f
aditionally been a trend-setter for many University-wide initiatives.
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