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Harvard Medical School is one of the world's preeminent institutions in medi/ @# D. M" H" y) }( F
cal education and research. The breadth and depth of its scientific and clin! t8 {: u+ m1 @! D
ical disciplines are unsurpassed. The School has nearly 8,000 faculty and 17
) l4 C1 O E7 f, \) ? affiliated facilities.
. Z2 V7 G) C5 @7 z: \- w1 iAt the core of the Medical School are its educational and research programs.; a, W1 v0 k# h" G9 ^/ X1 n# m! t
The student body is composed of 650 men and women in the MD program; 477 st
6 s! C' ]5 V+ e6 w+ ]: |3 gudents in the PhD program; and 132 in the joint MD-PhD programs, part of whi/ C$ C9 G: M% i
ch is sponsored in collaboration with MIT. For its medical students, Harvard, N: O0 F9 `- R2 ]* H- _
has inaugurated the New Pathway curriculum, a problem-solving, case-method
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nt cases early in their studies.* o. a" H/ M5 c" ?) P$ E7 K
The Medical School has nine departments in basic and social science discipli3 v2 s- v3 X; L6 u& J
nes: Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Genetics# t3 }% x1 C) Y1 \6 h
, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Pathology, Ambulatory C, p" C/ U/ E2 a2 Y/ E9 J$ \
are and Prevention, Health Care Policy, and Social Medicine.
! j( V4 g3 W! Y# h% g' C, A: iThe Medical School is the largest of Harvard's graduate faculties and has tr
+ g# b* g- f& x. E/ B2 o$ l8 j* U5 zaditionally been a trend-setter for many University-wide initiatives.& a% y( | @. y& v4 t- `, ?
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