Overview & Requirements

You may enter the Primary Care Pathway Program in your first (MS1), second (MS2) or third (MS3) year as a student at the Perelman School of Medicine. Regardless of the year you enter, you will be required to complete the following:

1. Pre-clerkship longitudinal patient care experience (PLACE)*
2. Community Engagement Experience 
3. Primary Care Externship: 4-week block or longitudinal experience (PRACTICE = Primary Recurrent Ambulatory Clinic To Improve Contintuity Care Experience) 
4. Primary Care Electives: 4 weeks for students who completed PLACE; 8 weeks for students who did not complete PLACE 
5. Research or scholarship project in Primary Care 
6. Advanced Workshops in Primary Care

*Required for those who join the Pathway Program as MS1 or MS2 students

The schedule below illustrates the sequence of program components and when you need to apply.