Core 3

Core 3 Principles

January, Year 3 — May, Year 4

Twenty-four weeks of flexible and open time allows students the opportunity to individualize educational experiences to pursue an area of concentration, dual degrees, research; participate in a range of short-term projects in areas such as global health; preventive, community, public health medicine; or health policy; focus on career goals or personal life
Required 4 week inpatient sub-internship allowing increased responsibility for patient care in internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, or family medicine
4 clinical advanced Penn electives (16 weeks) and 2 additional electives (8 weeks) which can be Penn electives, U.S. away rotations, research
Scholarly Pursuit with a faculty member for a minimum of 12 weeks requiring students to design and undertake a research project in the lab, clinic, or community and submit a formal paper. Students earning either a MD/PhD, MD/Masters, or doing a research year fulfill the Scholarly Pursuit requirement
Measey Specialty Transition Pathways (STeP) to Residency: A longitudinal program after residency applications are submitted that prepares students for internship and concludes with discipline-specific boot camps
USMLE Step 1 and Step 2
Honors/High Pass/Pass/Fail Grading

Bioethics (1 week)
Structured experiences promoting humanism, multiculturalism and professionalism, cultivation of medical collegiality, and doctor-patient relationships
Pass/Fail Grading