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Harvard Medical School is one of the world's preeminent institutions in medi" F8 U4 B$ Y4 W0 T. z. S' W
cal education and research. The breadth and depth of its scientific and clin0 V8 R1 f* Z! u. O! t7 g
ical disciplines are unsurpassed. The School has nearly 8,000 faculty and 17
, M/ r" `" F6 ]* a8 j affiliated facilities.
E/ x) p% S& O$ z) F; b( @+ UAt the core of the Medical School are its educational and research programs.9 G, W1 S0 x) z' }
The student body is composed of 650 men and women in the MD program; 477 st) a; E( O- m& I+ j- m
udents in the PhD program; and 132 in the joint MD-PhD programs, part of whi# t' \; l: h% `) h
ch is sponsored in collaboration with MIT. For its medical students, Harvard
6 m' p2 ~7 r3 |' a' Y. U) Z8 s7 j has inaugurated the New Pathway curriculum, a problem-solving, case-method
7 q3 p9 E6 _& w2 v7 Kapproach to learning, offering the opportunity to come in contact with patie: R5 B) g) @: y4 }
nt cases early in their studies.! U4 z# L, s% ]' p4 B G, Y
The Medical School has nine departments in basic and social science discipli
' C- i) o$ P. S3 jnes: Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Genetics$ u2 U c# F: o0 `' C& O0 B
, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Pathology, Ambulatory C
4 w3 V. w: q4 O9 k; `+ Bare and Prevention, Health Care Policy, and Social Medicine.& u9 `' Q" ?2 @! ]/ T) r# L
The Medical School is the largest of Harvard's graduate faculties and has tr3 I7 P/ G2 W4 x; E+ _
aditionally been a trend-setter for many University-wide initiatives.# {3 {2 R- |8 B
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