Page 1 - Study Plan at a Glance

Chapter 8

Study Plan and Bylaws

I. Study Plan at a Glance

In the six years plan: The educational program is divided into three phases. Phase I represent

the first three semesters where the student will study foundations of Medicine (52 credit hours).
During these foundations, the student will study some ordinary discipline-based courses,

innovative discipline-based courses, modern trends in biostatistics, informatics and research
methodology. Clinical skills, ethical domain and professionalism courses are continuous

throughout the study years in a step ladder pattern of skill escalation. Phase II represent semesters

from 4-7, where the student will study the transition from health to disease (69 credit hours). He
will study in an integrated system based modular pattern. This phase includes clinical skills, ethical

domain and professionalism courses are continued in advanced manner to ensure training on all
the practical, communication and professional skills that are needed from medical student. At the

end of third year, there is an obligatory global exam in all basic biomedical sciences (TLE1).
Phase III is the core and advanced clerkship years from semester 8-12. It is distributed over three

years (88 credit hours). At the middle of last year of advanced clerkships, there is another

obligatory global exam in all clinical sciences (TLE2).

In the five years plan: The educational program is divided into three phases. Phase I represent

the first three semesters where the student will study foundations of Medicine (62 credit hours).
During these foundations, the student will study some ordinary discipline-based courses,

innovative discipline-based courses, modern trends in biostatistics, informatics and research
methodology. Clinical skills, ethical domain and professionalism courses are continuous

throughout the study years in a step ladder pattern of skill escalation. Phase II represent semesters

from 4-6, where the student will study the transition from health to disease (62 credit hours). He
will study in an integrated system based modular pattern. This phase includes clinical skills, ethical

domain and professionalism courses are continued in advanced manner to ensure training on all
the practical, communication and professional skills that are needed from medical student. At the

end of third year, there is an obligatory global exam in all basic biomedical sciences (TLE1).

Phase III is the core and advanced clerkship years from semester 7-10. It is distributed over two
years (81 credit hours). At the end of last year of advanced clerkships, there is another obligatory

global exam in all clinical sciences (TLE2).

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