Basic Sciences Curriculum

During semesters 1-4, you will live on the island of Dominica and complete the Basic Sciences curriculum at the Portsmouth campus.

Students will experience an integrated curriculum. During these semesters, course content is integrated so that multiple courses are addressing the micro-function and structure involved in the processes of health and disease. Coursework introduces the complexities of interaction between physicians, their patients, and society in the maintenance of health and development of illness. The inclusion of a case-based educational approach allows the student to become familiar with the clinical thinking involved in the practice of medicine.

Semester
 Title of Course
1 and 2 Developmental and Microscopic Anatomy I
Developmental and Microscopic Anatomy II

Biochemistry and Genetics I
Biochemistry and Genetics II

Doctor, Patient and Society I
Doctor, Patient and Society II

Neuroscience
Gross Anatomy I
Gross Anatomy II

Medical Physiology I
Medical Physiology II
3 and 4 Microbiology and Immunology I
Microbiology and Immunology II

Pathology I: General
Pathology II: Systemic and Clinical

Medical Pharmacology I
Medical Pharmacology II

Introduction to Clinical Medicine
Behavioral Sciences

Electives

Case Studies in Normal Mechanisms
History of Medicine I
Case Studies in Mechanisms of Diseases
History of Medicine II
Case Studies in Introduction to Clinical Medicine
Global Health Issues
Pathophysiology of Clinical Diseases
Suplementary Problem Based Learning