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283:. The four core hospitals are the North Carolina Memorial Hospital, the North Carolina Children's Hospital, North Carolina Women's Hospital, and North Carolina Neurosciences Hospital. Together these buildings offer over 700 inpatient beds and comprise a Level 1 referral center. A fifth core hospital, the North Carolina Cancer Hospital, was opened in 2009, providing additional outpatient clinic space and 50 more beds. These hospitals are surrounded by satellite facilities in which medical research, education, and outpatient care are carried out. They include the Ambulatory Care Center, NC Clinical Cancer Center, and the Family Medicine building. 783: 104: 38: 244:(~40% of the year). The third year focuses on core specialties of medicine and certain subspecialties. Through Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) in Asheville, NC, students can complete longitudinal, integrated core clerkships with the option to pursue rural rotations, with similar opportunities available through Southeast Regional AHEC (SEAHEC) in Wilmington and through Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. 203:
course, which gives students a basic understanding of the various machines and technologies available to aid physical diagnosis (i.e., CT scanners, MRI, etc.). The second year curriculum is divided into organ system blocks that are 3–8 weeks in length. As in first year, these blocks offer a highly
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North Carolina has a unique system of Area Health Education Centers across the state. These allow UNC medical students to spend clinical time in widely varied communities, from tertiary care in Charlotte to rural primary care in the Western mountains. Third year students have the option to attend
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or "PCC" small groups, and shadow physicians throughout North Carolina during two "Clinical Weeks." In between first and second year, many students conduct clinical or medical science research at UNC or at other institutions, or travel with UNC physicians to clinics in South America, Africa and
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all core rotations at Carolinas Medical Center a Level 1 Trauma Center in Charlotte. Additionally, the AHEC centers maintain lists of local physicians who are interested in educating medical students, and UNC students spend substantial time working with doctors in various private practices. The
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As of fall 2014, UNC School of Medicine is changing its curriculum from the traditional setup below to the "Translational Education at Carolina" (TEC) Curriculum, which will entail a slightly shortened and entirely organ-system-based preclinical foundation before beginning clinical rotations.
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The first-year curriculum consists of four blocks covering the basic medical sciences. Each block combines daily lectures by faculty from diverse fields, and therefore provides a highly integrated curriculum. The first block, titled
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small groups, where they discuss the role and effects of health care in our society, culture, and ethics. They also apply their fledgling medical knowledge through occasional case study small groups, called the
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ranked the school 5th in primary care and 25th in research. In 2016, the school received $ 449 million in research funding. With approximately two-thirds of that amount coming from the
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The fourth year allows students to gain experience in specialties of their interest through several dozen electives. Every fourth-year student completes at least one
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small groups and an additional three Community Weeks. Lastly, students receive training in the conduction and critical reading of medical research through the
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integrated curriculum; each block covers the physiology, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of that organ system. Each semester ends with a capstone "
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The third and fourth years take place at UNC Hospitals (~60% of the year) and other institutions throughout the state such as
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complex is situated on the southern tip of the UNC campus, and comprises five healthcare facilities collectively known as
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or "CAC." First-year students learn basic physical exam skills and patient interviewing skills via the weekly
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with nine third- and fourth-year students and plans for up to 30. UNC already has similar campuses in
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that meet once a week for half the year. Clinical exposure expands through the continuation of the
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Approximately a quarter of the class takes time off between these two years to pursue a
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or conduct research sponsored by several institutional and national fellowships.
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course. At the end of second year, students take the USMLE Step 1 Exam.
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It is one of the top-ranked medical schools in the country: in 2022,
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Medical school of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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N.C. Memorial Hospital and N.C. Children's Hospital at
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Robertson, Campbell; Corkery, Michael (2023-12-12).
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Greensboro
Master of Public Health
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