BS Medical Sciences: intercalated with the Doctor of Medicine
Intercalated with Doctor of Medicine
DBUA‑SOM combines the expertise of academic staff with a flexible program structure and state‑of‑the‑art facilities to provide an outstanding student learning environment that fosters individual intellectual development.
Flexible structure
A program built around individual intellectual development, not a rigid one-size-fits-all track.
Sky Yoga
Integrated into student life for the physical and mental discipline the strenuous study of medicine demands.
Modern facilities
Well-equipped, contemporary environments to study, learn, network, and relax.
DBUA‑SOM welcomes students to join its enthusiastic community of pioneers, visionaries, and scholars.
Basic Medical Sciences — Curriculum
Our curriculum is derived mainly from the American medical education system, integrated with certain European elements of studying medicine. Students must be motivated and focused, given that the curriculum is year‑round with a minimum number of breaks. The Basic Sciences Program consists of eight trimesters of 16 weeks each, taught at the St. Vincent campus.
- General Biology
- General Chemistry
- Physics I
- Calculus I
- Medical Terminology
- Physics II
- Calculus II
- Human Biology
- Informatics
- Organic Chemistry
- Introduction to Anatomy
- Introduction to Biochemistry
- Medically Applied Physics
- Introduction to Physiology
- Medical Psychology
- Gross Anatomy and Embryology
- Histology and Cell Biology
- Genetics
- Biochemistry
- Medical Physiology
- Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine
- Medical and Legal Ethics
- Patient/Doctor Relationship & History Taking
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Neuroscience
- Pathology I
- Pharmacology
- Pathology II
- Physical Diagnosis
- Introduction to Clinical Medicine
- Internal Medical Clinical Rotations (8 weeks)
- Behavioural Science