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Undergraduate Curriculum Outline

In the hope that our medical students will grow as clinicians endowed with a rich sense of humanity and a broad acdemic outlook, the first 2 years of our education are devoted to general studies.

Year 1st Semester(April-July) 2nd Semester (September-March) Breaks
1st ・General Education courses (Foreign languages, Chemistry, Differential&Integral Calculus, Physics, Human Biology)
・Early Exposure (observations and visits of hospital and health related facilities)
Summer:7wk
Spring:8wk
2nd ・General Education courses
・Basic Medical Sciences Lecture & Practice (Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Immunology, Bacteriology, etc.)
・Early Exposure to Clinical Medicine (Assigned outpatient, experiencing duties from reception, consultation, medical examination to diagnosis)
Summer:7wk
Spring:4wk
3rd ・Basic medical Sciences Lecture & Practice (Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Pathology, Public and Preventive Medicine, etc.)
・Introduction to Clinical Medicine (including early exposure to patient care with attending nurse)
・Research Basics (Independent Study Program)
Summer:4wk
Spring:4wk
4th ・Unit-based Lectures (respiratory organs, circulatory organs, endocrine organs, etc.)
・The Common Achievement Tests
 -Computer-Based Testing (CBT).
 -Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE).
・Clinical Medicine Lecture and basic clinical clerkship (22 wk)
Summer:5wk
Spring:2wk
5th ・Clinical Clerkship (Basic,16wk)
・Mid-term OSCE
・Clinical Clerkship (Advanced, 24wk)
Summer:5wk
Spring:4wk
6th ・Intensive Unit-based Lecture(1wk)
・Elective Clinical Clerkship(11wk)
・Final Exam. for Graduation(5wk)
・Post clinical clerkship OSCE
・Comprehensive Clinical Exam
Summer:7wk