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Harvard Medical School is one of the world's preeminent institutions in medi; Z$ ?4 r) F6 A2 \9 Z$ u
cal education and research. The breadth and depth of its scientific and clin9 Q) b0 q1 ~. |7 H! B8 ~! o2 o" W
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 t4 D2 }: D2 |3 p4 i, G
The student body is composed of 650 men and women in the MD program; 477 st
6 v% A1 x3 Y' [5 b" Q& hudents in the PhD program; and 132 in the joint MD-PhD programs, part of whi
; _5 V# K( b' e, u+ \+ xch is sponsored in collaboration with MIT. For its medical students, Harvard) D: ~" [. s( ~. z- g/ O( R
has inaugurated the New Pathway curriculum, a problem-solving, case-method6 ]1 A; g, q J7 R! h c. u' F
approach to learning, offering the opportunity to come in contact with patie
6 H. e- x+ s3 i3 {# Lnt cases early in their studies.1 G. `9 R9 n" y. {
The Medical School has nine departments in basic and social science discipli+ C3 s& y: [9 }$ E- G9 h! w
nes: Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Genetics, w, j' K$ X$ ?# {" ^- T& ]
, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Pathology, Ambulatory C9 z; \5 D9 R% h
are and Prevention, Health Care Policy, and Social Medicine.
0 l% e ~) ~' `# u. Q z8 n5 ZThe Medical School is the largest of Harvard's graduate faculties and has tr; k, B( R; k* g# h
aditionally been a trend-setter for many University-wide initiatives.
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