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Module 2 Overview

Module 2 or Integrative Systems and Disease begins in January of the first year and ends in December of the second year. There is a 1-week spring break and an eight-week summer break. Topics are organized by organ systems in the following standardized structure:

• Normal development
• Normal processes
• Abnormal processes
• Therapeutics and disease management
• Epidemiology and evidence-based medicine
• Prevention and nutrition

The Module is comprised of ten separate "blocks" or courses. The schedule is as follows:

• Mechanisms of Disease and Therapeutic Intervention (6 weeks)- includes basic pathology, hematology/oncology, rheumatology and pharmacology.
• Brain and Behavior (10 weeks) - includes neuroscience, neurology, neuropathology, anatomy, psychiatry and substance abuse
• Reproduction (3 weeks)
• Endocrinology (2 weeks)
• Gastrointestinal and Nutrition (4 weeks)
• Summer Break
• Cardiology (5 weeks)
• Pulmonary (4 weeks)
• Dermatology (1 week)
• Renal (5 weeks)
• Differential Diagnosis (1.5 weeks)
• Infectious Disease (1.5 weeks)

Each block is organized as follows:

• Functional Anatomy and Structure (Gross Anatomy and Surgery)
• Imaging (Radiology)
• Microscopic Anatomy (Histology and Pathology)
• Embryology and Post-natal Development (Embryology, Pediatrics, and Pathology)
• Normal Organ Physiology and Pharmacology (Physiology and Pharmacology)
• Organ Pathology, Pathophysiology and Pharmacotherapeutics (Pathology and Medicine, Radiology, Pharmacology)
• Organ System Oncology (Pathology and Medicine)

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