Medical Sciences Curriculum: Years 1 & 2

MEDICAL SCHOOL CURRICULUM

The RUSM Curriculum will require you to be on campus for approximately 20 months, or 75 weeks. Study modules are spaced out over five semesters, and the curriculum includes integrated study breaks to encourage and manage knowledge acquisition. 

NOTE: The accelerated track has been retired as of February 7, 2022.
 

HANDS-ON LEARNING – TEACHING FACILITIES

Throughout the Medical Sciences curriculum, students are exposed in RUSM educational facilities to a wide variety of active learning experiences that are closely tied to their traditional lecture and case-based learning in both timing and context. These experiences include clinical skills training, standardized patient cases, small-group learning, and other clinically relevant activities. This approach helps students begin to think like doctors early in their medical school experience, and better prepares them for their medical licensing exams.
 

MEDICAL SCHOOL FACILITIES

RUSM understands the important role technology plays in medicine and is committed to providing students with an advanced learning environment. The medical school facilities, on an entirely wireless campus, are equipped with the advanced instructional technology and learning systems that today’s medical student needs to leverage every aspect of their basic sciences education.

Classrooms and Laboratories

All of our classrooms and laboratories are equipped with an array of high-resolution monitors that are connected to state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment and media players, which faculty use to enhance the teaching experience. Large rear projection video display systems and additional plasma screen monitors offer clear views of the teaching material for every seat in the classroom, and teleconferencing systems provide learning opportunities for students both on and off campus. 

Campus Facilities Include:

●    Anatomical Sciences and Medical Imaging Facility
●    Simulation Institute
●    Standardized Patient and Interview Skills Training Rooms
●    Patient Examination rooms with A/V links to classrooms
●    Medical Library
●    Multipurpose study rooms
 

Simulation Lab

Simulation is an essential part of the Medical Sciences curriculum at RUSM. Our accredited Simulation Institute* gives students access to sophisticated computerized patient simulators to practice basic and diagnostic treatment skills.

The Simulation Lab provides a safe setting for students to explore, acquire, and practice clinical skills under the direction of the institute’s expert faculty, all of whom hold MDs and have held positions in academic medicine or private practice.

The simulators themselves are incredibly lifelike—they blink, speak and breathe, have a heartbeat and pulse, and accurately mirror human responses to such procedures as CPR, intravenous medication, and intubation. Your heart will be racing in your first simulation when you will be faced with the challenge of making critical decisions about your patient in just a few minutes—just like in real life.