Units: 14
Hours: Lecture, 94 hours per quarter; discussion, 25 hours per quarter; laboratory, 33 hours per quarter; clinical 34 hours per quarter
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Description: Prerequisite (s): first year standing in medical school. Covers biochemistry, pathophysiology, physical diagnosis & imaging associated with gastrointestinal endocrine & reproductive health. Instruction is driven by cases & accomplished through lectures and discovery in small group discussions, laboratories & conferences. Also covers aspects of anatomy, doctoring, patient examination & the longitudinal ambulatory clinical experience. Includes PBL. Graded In Progress (IP) until MDCL 231, MDCL 232, MDCL 233, MDCL 234 and MDCL 235 are completed, at which time a final grade is assigned. Microbiology presented through lecture, small group discussions, laboratories & conferences. Also covers aspects of anatomy, doctoring, patient examination & LACE. Includes problem-based learning. Graded In Progress (IP) until MDCL 236, MDCL 237, MDCL 238, MDCL 239 and MDCL 240 are completed, at which time a final grade is assigned.