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Academic Policy Manual Part II (3rd and 4th Years)
Curriculum Requirements

Years three and four contain a total of eight quarters (each 12 weeks in length, except the final quarter which is 10 weeks long).

Students must satisfactorily complete the following graduation requirements for the M.D. degree during the final two years of the program:

A. Required Courses

Four and one half quarters are dedicated to the following required core clerkships:

• Medicine (12 weeks)
• Medicine Subinternship (8 weeks)
• Obstetrics/Gynecology (6 weeks)
• Pediatrics (6 weeks)
• Psychiatry (6 weeks)
• Neurology (4 weeks)

B. Electives

• The current curriculum requires at least 32 weeks of electives (40 weeks are available within the curriculum).
• Approval of electives is given within guidelines whose primary purpose is to confine the educational program to sites at which course work can be regulated as to content and orientation, and from which meaningful evaluation of student performance can be obtained.
• Complete policies, regulations and rationale regarding a student's preparation of his or her elective program, its content, and the procedures to be adhered to are published in the Elective Catalogue of the Stritch School of Medicine.

C. Medical Humanities Selectives

Students are required to include in their chosen elective program certain Medical Humanities selectives as specified below:

• At least two part time, or one full time, medical humanities selective must be included in the student's elective program.
• Specific policies governing completion of this requirement and a listing of available selectives are published separately in the Elective Catalogue and provided to students early in the third year.

D. Other

To complete the Medical Humanities graduation requirement, students are required to submit an ethics case report at the end of the third year, and complete attendance at two ethics grand rounds during the final two years. Details of these requirements are published separately and provided to students early in the third year.