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Four Year MD Program Overview
The MD program further consists of a 160-week curriculum that is typically completed within four calendar years:
THE FOUR-YEAR MD PROGRAM IS CLASSIFIED INTO TWO PHASES:
1. BASIC SCIENCES (PRECLINICAL):
Year 1 and 2 of academic years comprises a total of:
2. CLINICAL TRAINING
Year 3 and 4 of academic years comprises a total of:
Credits & Credit Hours
A total of 480 credit hours are required at BIMS SOM-HP to obtain the Doctor of medicine Degree, as follows:
These are:
| Year I | Duration (Weeks) | Credits | Credit Hours |
| Semester 1 | 18 Weeks | 17 | 51 |
| Semester 2 | 18 Weeks | 18 | 54 |
| Semester 3 | 06 Weeks | 07 | 21 |
Total Year 1 | Three Semesters | 42 Weeks | 42 | 126 |
| Year II | Duration (Weeks) | Credits | Credit Hours |
| Semester 1 | 18 Weeks | 19 | 57 |
| Semester 2 | 18 Weeks | 19 | 57 |
Total Year 2 | Two Semesters | 36 Weeks | 38 | 114
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| Year III | Duration (Weeks) | Credits | Credit Hours |
| Internal Medicine | 12 Weeks | 12 | 36 |
| General Surgery | 12 Weeks | 12 | 36 |
| Paediatrics (Adolescent) Medicine | 06 Weeks | 06 | 18 |
| Obstetrics & Gynaecology | 08 Weeks | 06 | 18 |
| Psychiatry | 04 Weeks | 06 | 18 |
Total Year 3 | 42 Weeks | 42 | 126 |
| Year IV | Duration (Weeks) | Credits | Credit Hours |
| Family Medicine | 04 Weeks | 04 | 12 |
| Additional Electives | 36 Weeks | 34 | 112 |
Total Year 4 | 40 Weeks | 38 | 114 | |
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Total = 4 Years | 160 Weeks | 160 Credits | 148 Credit Hrs |
MEDICAL CURRICULUM
OVERVIEW
The medical curriculum offered at BIMS SOM-HP has adopted a flexible and an innovative trend in medical education with the delivery of a medical school curriculum which brings together the medical disciplines through integration of those branches but from a technology driven platform to:
The four-year MD Program is spread over four years (160 Weeks):
Year 1 and 2: Two academic years / 78 weeks of study at BIMS SOM-HP campus in Montego Bay, Jamaica and
Year 3 and 4: Two academic years / 82 weeks of rotating through clerkships in the Clinical Sciences at teaching hospitals principally in the United States, Jamaica, Wider Caribbean and Asia.
CANCELLATION OF ENROLLMENT:
* The students have the right to cancel his/her enrollment agreement by the end of the first day of semester.
* After classes have commenced, the student has the right to withdraw at any time as per the following withdrawal process.
STUDENT WITHDRAWAL
Official Withdrawal
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