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Curriculum Overview
UCSF’s medical curriculum provides a set of educational experiences designed to support students’ mastery of the core knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to achieve their goals as physicians, researchers, teachers, and public servants: Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, and Systems-Based Practice. Throughout the UCSF curriculum, medical students’ achievement of these competencies is assessed through a variety of methods that include written and laboratory practical examinations, structured clinical examinations, instructor and peer assessments, and self-reflection exercises.
Year 1 – Essential Core
For more information (exam dates, contacts) about each 1st year course, click here
Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer |
IDS 131A: Foundations of Patient Care (FPC) - 3 units | IDS 131B: Foundations of Patient Care (FPC) - 2 units | IDS 131C: Foundations of Patient Care (FPC) - 2 units |
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IDS 101: Prologue - 9 units | IDS 103A: Metabolism & Nutrition - 7 units | IDS 103B: Metabolism & Nutrition - 3 units |
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IDS 102A: Major Organ Systems - 7 units | IDS 102B: Major Organ Systems - 9 units | IDS 104: Brain, Mind & Behavior - 12 units |
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EC Electives | EC Electives | EC Electives | Summer Opportunities including Pathways Explore, Curriculum Ambassador Program, or off-campus activities |
Year 2 – Essential Core (Fall, Winter) and Clinical Core (Spring, Summer)
For more information (exam dates, contacts) about each 2nd year course, click here
Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer |
IDS 132A: Foundations of Patient Care (FPC) - 3 units | FPC 132B: Foundations of Patient Care (FPC) - 2 units | IDS 132C: Foundations of Patient Care/Transitional Clerkship - 3 units | IDS 112: Intersession 1 - 1.0 unit |
IDS 105: Infection, Inflammation & Immunity - 11 units | IDS 107: Life Cycle/Epilogue - 14 units | Core Clerkship Block 1 - 3 units per 2 week block | Core Clerkship Blocks 2 and 3 - 3 units per 2 week block |
IDS 106: Mechanisms, Methods & Malignancies - 10 units |
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| IDS 111: Longitudinal Clinical Experience - 1 unit |
EC Electives | USMLE Step 1 |
| Mini-CPX 1 |
Year 3 – Clinical Core (Fall, Winter, Spring) and Advanced Clinical Studies (Spring, Summer)
Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer |
IDS 112: Intersession 2 - 1.0 unit |
| IDS 112: Intersession 3 - 2.0 units |
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Core Clerkship Blocks 3 and 4 - 3 units per 2 week block | Core Clerkship Block 5 and 6 - 3 units per 2 week block | Core Clerkship Block 6 - 3 units per 2 week block |
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IDS 111: Longitudinal Clinical Experience - 1 unit | IDS 111: Longitudinal Clinical Experience - 1 unit | Advanced Studies Spring Block - 3 units per 2 week block | Advanced Studies Summer Blocks 1, 2, and 3 - 3 units per 2 week block |
Mini-CPX 2 |
| Clinical Performance Exam (CPX) |
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Some students take time between the 3rd and 4th year to pursue research opportunities or a Masters of Public Health degree. Research may be done through the Pathways to Discovery Program or via extramural programs.
Year 4 – Advanced Clinical Studies
Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer |
Advanced Studies Fall Blocks 1, 2, 3, and 4 - 3 units per 2 week block | Advanced Studies Winter Block 1, 2, and 3 - 3 units per 2 week block | Advanced Studies Spring Block 1 - 3 units per 2 week block |
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Deadline to take USMLE Step 2 CS and CK |
| IDS 115: Coda - 3 units |
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