The permanent curriculum committees evaluate and recommend changes continuously to improve courses and the educational structures. Second-year organ systems course work provides our students with a systematic approach to understanding the various systems of the body. A curriculum reform committee is currently examining all aspects of the medical school curriculum and may institute new innovations. Problem-based learning is also used in some of our courses, i.e., Biochemistry. Our long history of receiving research grants has allowed the school to provide our students experiences in many fields of medical research.
Student publications are many and diverse.
A note-taking service is not available but frequently the syllabus provides not only an outline but enough information that extensive note taking is not necessary. Students share notes and tape lectures on an ad-hoc, as needed basis for fellow students. There are no electives offered in the pre clinical years and any deviations from the normal schedule require dean approval. Most of the senior year is determined by the individual student and approved by a faculty advisor. No, in fact the School of Medicine has received the full accreditation when reviewed.