Curriculum

The Office of Educational Programs (OEP) provides general administrative oversight and management for all aspects of the undergraduate medical education curriculum.  This includes supporting the Curriculum Committee and its associated subcommittees, administering several interdepartmental courses and fourth-year clinical selectives, managing the standardized patient program and the administration of the Comprehensive Clinical Competency Examination at the end of the third year, as well as several student programs, including Pre-Entry, the Summer Research Program, and the Scholarly Concentrations program.  The OEP monitors student performance outcomes to measure the efficacy of the curriculum, including student performance on national examinations and performance in residency training programs.

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Institutional Goals & Objectives

The University of Texas Medical School at Houston expects all of its students to demonstrate competency in the following areas prior to graduating with the MD degree.
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Core Competencies

The University of Texas Medical School at Houston expects all of its students to demonstrate specific competencies prior to graduating with the M.D. degree.
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Information & Resources
Curriculum Tools
 

Core Curriculum

Click on the thumbnail below to see a chart of our core four-year curriculum.

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Inter-Department Courses & Selectives

The Office of Educational Programs directly supports and coordinates several inter-departmental courses in the core curriculum.

Year 1 Introduction to Clinical Medicine
Clinical Applications
Year 2 Physical Diagnosis
Integrative Clinical Exercise/Problem-Based Learning (ICE/PBL)
Year 4 Advanced Patient Care
Required Critical Care
Transition to Residency