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Harvard Medical School is one of the world's preeminent institutions in medi
$ n' v% |* P7 l+ @2 Acal education and research. The breadth and depth of its scientific and clin
$ g I' `7 n3 M5 Oical disciplines are unsurpassed. The School has nearly 8,000 faculty and 17- K# G& N1 n, v2 @1 ^
affiliated facilities.7 B: U$ B8 V; o2 d
At the core of the Medical School are its educational and research programs.# ^/ Z. Q4 e' E8 K
The student body is composed of 650 men and women in the MD program; 477 st
! q5 w+ b/ m! n7 Wudents in the PhD program; and 132 in the joint MD-PhD programs, part of whi) l0 m/ H4 e* A
ch is sponsored in collaboration with MIT. For its medical students, Harvard# T" y+ Y- L# F6 x x/ {
has inaugurated the New Pathway curriculum, a problem-solving, case-method
0 b$ |* R- h6 }. c5 H' b) bapproach to learning, offering the opportunity to come in contact with patie
1 [8 p+ y3 m3 T( ?) Ent cases early in their studies.
1 {" s+ ?- R6 z; fThe Medical School has nine departments in basic and social science discipli+ \+ u, D1 m% t) ~6 [
nes: Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Genetics+ Y% H# e3 N! J0 H2 A4 l9 t5 w
, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Pathology, Ambulatory C
$ X2 b. F+ ^% Pare and Prevention, Health Care Policy, and Social Medicine.
( @: B" [/ f! {+ @9 @The Medical School is the largest of Harvard's graduate faculties and has tr
4 I0 T; ^. ~- zaditionally been a trend-setter for many University-wide initiatives.
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