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Harvard Medical School is one of the world's preeminent institutions in medi
* N' }! P& L& r: ^3 g: fcal education and research. The breadth and depth of its scientific and clin% }5 z6 U/ P ]% v& b
ical disciplines are unsurpassed. The School has nearly 8,000 faculty and 17; c2 ?/ ~7 M" l& }2 C9 M
affiliated facilities.
% _1 z; v! T. @& V% W7 sAt the core of the Medical School are its educational and research programs.5 W% ~5 d9 f" W1 c- @. g' m
The student body is composed of 650 men and women in the MD program; 477 st
t: M7 k& X( Fudents in the PhD program; and 132 in the joint MD-PhD programs, part of whi" r- I( i. ^' w5 y M Y* I" O
ch is sponsored in collaboration with MIT. For its medical students, Harvard& O7 V& j9 N( {: T4 i* ?
has inaugurated the New Pathway curriculum, a problem-solving, case-method
- }1 r( o5 B- N2 Vapproach to learning, offering the opportunity to come in contact with patie4 H# ~( ^% G% U( z, B: R( E8 y
nt cases early in their studies.
- ?/ y- q8 e9 d2 }6 k C/ h7 w; lThe Medical School has nine departments in basic and social science discipli
3 u2 O# Y$ j; z2 E& @6 Q3 ~9 Lnes: Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Genetics, k! `! z& M1 H F0 c
, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Pathology, Ambulatory C) p$ A7 @( F* T3 y A1 {0 D; _
are and Prevention, Health Care Policy, and Social Medicine.
/ X+ E/ T' J' z ^( i4 vThe Medical School is the largest of Harvard's graduate faculties and has tr
4 d, @+ o7 {* n7 p; y/ Xaditionally been a trend-setter for many University-wide initiatives.% u9 Z& @3 X: W
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