Phase 1: Principles of Medical Science and Practice
Phase 1 of Geisinger Commonwealth’s MD program incorporates foundational science and clinical education from day one of medical school.
Phase 1 includes 3 semesters. The curriculum is organized into integrated, system-based blocks and features learning through the Clinical Presentation Model and other active learning formats.
Your Phase 1 courses
Physician and Patient Centered Care (PPCC): PPCC focuses on connecting humanity and humanism — your own and that of peers and patients who will benefit from our professional skills, knowledge and presence.
The goal is to illustrate the need for and the benefits of collaborative approaches and efforts for advancements in health, health policies and clinical practices among the fields of clinical medicine, research epidemiology, biostatistics and public health.
This broad vision course addresses physicians’ unique relationship to individual patients, as well as clinical skills development, professionalism, cultural awareness, legal and moral values, and quality improvement.
Integrated Science Course (ISC) consists of blocks of clinical presentations of disease. Each block has an exam and time built in for self-directed learning. Students are required to prepare for class discussions and activities. The blocks of clinical presentations of disease are (in the order presented):
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• Principles of medicine
• Dermatology and musculoskeletal
• Gastrointestinal
• Cardiopulmonary
• Renal
• Hematology
• Endocrine/reproduction
• Neuroscience/psychiatry