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Harvard Medical School is one of the world's preeminent institutions in medi" w/ I* P# V; J2 `& _
cal education and research. The breadth and depth of its scientific and clin2 o" x3 M$ p, c% a9 j3 r9 h3 \$ s
ical disciplines are unsurpassed. The School has nearly 8,000 faculty and 17; x# z4 Q" K& g ?& ^
affiliated facilities.
& h+ R) ?4 M) N3 d6 nAt the core of the Medical School are its educational and research programs.
4 t* ?1 g& W+ z. G, z. s* [- X The student body is composed of 650 men and women in the MD program; 477 st. p/ b7 A t) m
udents in the PhD program; and 132 in the joint MD-PhD programs, part of whi
2 J' G6 d9 }: m! I% J! D, {ch is sponsored in collaboration with MIT. For its medical students, Harvard; P% ^/ K! l' \1 D& J- d3 {1 x8 @0 Z
has inaugurated the New Pathway curriculum, a problem-solving, case-method
8 W1 s6 T3 ]' r0 b5 C) m/ F* eapproach to learning, offering the opportunity to come in contact with patie
# a5 ], O4 d/ @nt cases early in their studies.
" }' V. Y! c9 N: y* F9 \" V) ^: yThe Medical School has nine departments in basic and social science discipli, \" O+ v- q1 v" ?
nes: Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Genetics# K3 U2 j% {' N
, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Pathology, Ambulatory C
0 @0 n* X7 R% x' Y) S6 ?& ]/ }' Sare and Prevention, Health Care Policy, and Social Medicine.
/ v% @+ {* r r( J7 c1 D8 _6 HThe Medical School is the largest of Harvard's graduate faculties and has tr4 K d, S* G4 I
aditionally been a trend-setter for many University-wide initiatives.& R8 t4 B: y8 {; D* o, Y a
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