CURRICULAR INNOVATIONS
The Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) along with the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) combines to create Penn Medicine, which enjoys an international reputation for innovation because of its curriculum structure and design, its vast resources on a single campus, and its linkage to the Health System, a major academic medical center renowned for clinical care, translational research, interdisciplinary collaboration, robust infrastructure, and research funding, including top-ranked NIH research funding. These components allow students to individualize their educational pathway.
MEASEY EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN TRAINING PROGRAM
DUAL DEGREES The flexibility of the curriculum allows students to earn dual degrees at any school at the University of Pennsylvania and do so in an abbreviated amount of time. The degrees offered are: • MD/PhD • MD/JD • MBA — Master of Business Administration • MBE — Master of Bioethics • MSCE — Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology • MSTR — Master of Science in Translational Research • MPH — Master of Public Health • MSHP — Master of Science in Health Policy Research • MSME — Master of Science in Medical Ethics • ML — Master in Law and Health • MSNS — Master of Science in Nutrition Science AREAS OF CONCENTRATION Students can pursue specialized concentrations that can be completed during the four-year curriculum: • Academic Surgery • Bridging the Gaps • Clinical Informatics • Clinical Neuroscience • Community Health IMPaCT Program • Global Health • Healthcare Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology (H-MET) • Leadership in Healthcare Improvement and Safety • LGBTQ + Health • Medical Education • Medical Humanities • Palliative Care • Primary Care Pathway • Public Health in Medicine • Spirituality and Health The areas of concentration can be completed during the 4-year medical school program. CARE-7 A comprehensive four-year curriculum that teaches students communication and palliative care skills using simulation-based experiential learning and structured immersive clinical practice. This program will produce medical students who are competent and skilled in the basic tenets of communication, empathy, professionalism, and knowledge in the care of patients with serious illness and palliative care needs.
Students who engage in the EMT program will receive training on the assessment and triage of patients in need of emergent medical care, develop essential team-building skills by working collaboratively in small groups to assess and treat medical and trauma patients, and earn a Pennsylvania Department of Health Emergency Medical Technician Certification. Students engage in patient interactions through clinical rotations in one of three University of Pennsylvania Health System Emergency Departments, and develop the skills required to care for patients in diverse settings with varied treatment modalities. MEASEY SPECIALTY TRANSITION PATHWAYS (STeP) TO RESIDENCY PROGRAM Students will select a pathway based on their anticipated residency specialty in this 9-month, structured, longitudinal curriculum, designed to best prepare graduating medical students for their specialty specific roles and responsibilities. Students will participate in a STeP Foundations Course and meet regularly with a coach to create an individualized learning plan to address the skills they wish to work on prior to the beginning of internship. TEAM TRAINING Learning in teams is integral to the curriculum. A team training curriculum teaches students how to be leaders, how to work in a team, and the importance of basic team and communication skills. Penn’s single campus for undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools promotes interprofessional education across engineering, business, dentistry, nursing, law, and social work, among others. FIFTH-YEAR FELLOWSHIPS Offers a “Year Out” option with a wide range of funding options, including: • Society fellowships and grants • Howard Hughes Medical Institute • Anatomic Pathology Fellowship at Penn • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Orthopaedics Clinical Research • FOCUS on Health and Leadership for Women Fellowship • Year out research GLOBAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine offers an experiential approach to global and community health service. • Field experience with individuals and communities who are left out of the healthcare system, are underinsured, or uninsured • International partnerships in Botswana, Guatemala, India, and the Dominican Republic • Research and clinical experiences ranging from one month to a year in every region of the world • Bridging the Gaps program at clinics in under-resourced areas of Philadelphia
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