MD/PhD Timeline
| First 100 Weeks (Years 1-2) | PhD Portion(Years 3-5+*) | Second 100 Weeks (Years 6-7) | ||||||
| MS1 | Summer Research Experience | MS2; | PhD Year 1 Qualifying Exam Completed | Project Work | Preparation for defense and transition back to MD curriculum** | MS3 | MS4 | |
| Critical Readings and Topics in Translational Medicine Course | Lab rotations | Model Organisms Course | PhD required courses Rational Drug Design and Ethics are taken during this time | |||||
| Longitudinal clinical experiences are available during PhD years | ||||||||
*Year five may actually be longer than 12 months and a student may re-enter the MD curriculum in June, July, October, or November. This results in a shorter MS4 year in which MD requirements are reduced for MD/PhD students.
** Students are required to pass their defense before returning to the MD curriculum