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The basic science curriculum provides the scientific basis for medical understanding, diagnosis, and treatment. It emphasizes the principles and mechanisms of health, disease and modes of therapy. As stated by the USMLE, our goal as a medical school is to ensure mastery of not only the basic medical sciences undergirding the safe practice of medicine, but to also present the scientific principles required for maintenance through lifelong learning. Our curriculum for basic science is centered on the Content Description for USMLE Step 1. Liberia students study onsite and online through St. Luke's local area network and internet. St. Luke School of Medicine’s medical curriculum combines lectures, computer and online studies, and laboratory studies unmatched in Liberia, if not West Africa. St. Luke's offers courses on a trimester system. Trimesters are four months in length (about 16 weeks each) and begin in September, January, and May with a one-week break in between. St. Luke students will finish basic sciences in 1-1/3 years compared to two years at most other medical schools. St. Luke students will take the mandatory Public Health and Community Medicine each semester. The average St. Luke student will take approximately 100 examinations during his/her basic science tenure before moving on to clinicals. The medical student must pass each examination because SLSOM does not tolerate deficiencies in student's education. The examinations are computer graded except essay examinations to ensure fairness. No exceptions are made to St. Luke School of Medicine's educational standards USMLE Step 1 Seminars will be held routinely throughout the Basic Sciences period at minimal cost to students, if any. All basic science graduates are encouraged to take the USMLE Step 1 or its equivalent (as defined in each students country of origin). St. Luke School of Medicine's Comprehensive Basic Science Examination is mandatory for all students moving into clinical sciences, including transfer students. Continuation into clerkship (clinical rotations) is not dependent on passing USMLE Part 1. However, all students must pass the St. Luke Comprehensive Basic Science Examination. Students are encouraged to pass their countries licensing examinations before their graduation for many reasons. The examinations may also show a student those subjects where more study and learning is needed. |
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:: Basic Sciences:: Clinical Sciences:: Community Service:: General Information:: Guide for Pre-MedicalTraining BASIC SCIENCE COURSES (subject to change)
Basic Science students are also required to contribute 100 hours of community service while studying onsite. For a comprehensive description of the basice science courses listed, please download the St. Luke School of Medicine catalog. |
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