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- 1. The MD Programs at Harvard Medical School
- 1.00 The Learning Environment at Harvard Medical School
- 1.01 Plan of Instruction for Cannon, Castle, Holmes, and Peabody Societies
- 1.02 Plan of Instruction for the London Society of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST)
- 1.03 Course and Examination Requirements for the MD Degree (New Pathway, Pathways and HST)
- 1.04 Student Assessment in the MD Program
- 1.05 Five-Year MD Program
- 1.06 Five-Year MD Program – HST
- 1.07 MD Degree with Honors in a Special Field
- 2. Academic Information and Policies
- 2.01 Academic Calendars
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- 2.14 Rules Governing Other Educational Experiences
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- 2.16 Access to Educational Records
- 2.17 Advanced Standing Students
- 2.18 Curriculum Continuity: Policy on Interruption
- 2.19 Satisfactory Academic Progress
- 2.20 Student Workload and Duty Hours on Core and Elective Clinical Rotations
- 2.21 Pregnancy and Childbirth during Medical School
- 2.22 Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) - Dean's Letter
- 3. Academic Resources
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HST Degree Requirements
The HST MD curriculum requires a minimum of 142 units of credit for graduation plus an MD Thesis.
Distribution of units is as follows:
| Category | Units Required |
|---|---|
| Basic Science (B) | 30 or 34 units |
| Pathophysiology (P) | 22 or 18 units |
| Social Medicine | 2 units |
| Biostatistics | 2 units |
| Psychopathology | 2 units |
| Clinical (C) | 60 units |
| Elective Clinical (C or CE) | 8 units |
| Unspecified | 16 units |
| Total | 142 units |
Requirements for HST M.D. Degree:
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