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Harvard Medical School is one of the world's preeminent institutions in medi
( z2 S X: v8 `- C# Ccal education and research. The breadth and depth of its scientific and clin
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At the core of the Medical School are its educational and research programs.# j0 p3 s. S# J/ \1 r0 i
The student body is composed of 650 men and women in the MD program; 477 st
3 t9 C( V7 A! y, H$ ^* f& I! [8 zudents in the PhD program; and 132 in the joint MD-PhD programs, part of whi$ v: c: G8 B7 Z) \
ch is sponsored in collaboration with MIT. For its medical students, Harvard
8 v5 B j, D% I, N% a& F has inaugurated the New Pathway curriculum, a problem-solving, case-method
' c' R! B" k+ `8 napproach to learning, offering the opportunity to come in contact with patie/ E8 Q; d6 X; Y
nt cases early in their studies.
) S- J3 r8 f# ~" vThe Medical School has nine departments in basic and social science discipli
3 K0 P( E9 S! R4 \nes: Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Genetics6 m8 d J$ n( X' e6 Z, E2 i+ R. y% H
, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Pathology, Ambulatory C
4 Q! V/ \% o2 H! y% e3 @are and Prevention, Health Care Policy, and Social Medicine.* x" e5 L3 p9 K! o: F
The Medical School is the largest of Harvard's graduate faculties and has tr# m. `7 O! e4 f# {9 l6 s2 p
aditionally been a trend-setter for many University-wide initiatives.
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