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Harvard Medical School is one of the world's preeminent institutions in medi
/ F$ Q6 Z1 E5 l9 zcal education and research. The breadth and depth of its scientific and clin0 T' n! b G# S5 @' v4 y
ical disciplines are unsurpassed. The School has nearly 8,000 faculty and 17# r1 T. @+ {' t4 l2 G' y& u( f! J
affiliated facilities.
- v7 S5 d; g/ o2 tAt the core of the Medical School are its educational and research programs.1 Z/ O; q# o! l) X1 B$ v0 o
The student body is composed of 650 men and women in the MD program; 477 st
+ X- D$ `. K* `* R! wudents in the PhD program; and 132 in the joint MD-PhD programs, part of whi
) t. X" H2 t! nch is sponsored in collaboration with MIT. For its medical students, Harvard
: M A# T0 R# ^9 K' H has inaugurated the New Pathway curriculum, a problem-solving, case-method/ B5 \% z' p& o, ~8 w
approach to learning, offering the opportunity to come in contact with patie# _; L) z; t N5 a1 M
nt cases early in their studies.
2 k7 x. j" f6 r1 p! hThe Medical School has nine departments in basic and social science discipli
- n6 ?/ C, I/ S0 m1 P' @nes: Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Genetics/ Q r# p8 t4 ?+ F- t
, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Pathology, Ambulatory C+ u4 d" n5 Z! Q, W4 ~3 A: d, \' K4 y
are and Prevention, Health Care Policy, and Social Medicine.) I& m, ^. {* }0 ]3 N
The Medical School is the largest of Harvard's graduate faculties and has tr8 t+ @& i# Y7 y
aditionally been a trend-setter for many University-wide initiatives.
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