The Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University has a fully integrated curriculum that enables students to apply medical science to the care of patients from the beginning of their medical education and throughout their educational program.  To express this full integration, the School's curriculum is described as the First 100 Weeks and Second 100 Weeks.  The entire curriculum is organized upon a framework that encompasses the School's ten core values, eight core competencies, educational program objectives, eleven guiding principles, and five curriculum drivers.