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A '''medical school''' is any institution of education in medicine. In the [[United States]], and in most other countries, a medical school confers the degree of '''Doctor of Medicine''' (abbreviated '''MD''' for the [[Latin]] name '''Medicinae Doctor''') at the end of a four-year course of training. But some medical schools confer the rival degree of '''Doctor of Osteopathy,''' abbreviated '''DO'''.
The typical four-year course leading to the medical degree divides its years as follows:
#'''The Basic Sciences.''' These include [[anatomy]], [[physiology]], [[biochemistry]], and [[cell biology]]. This last is often called '''microanatomy,''' to distinguish it from the "gross anato" of the human body.
#'''The Clinical Sciences.''' These include [[pharmacology]], [[immunology]], and other courses that treat the various disciplines of medicine strictly in the classroom or in specially equipped laboratories.
#'''Clinical Clerkships.''' A '''clinical clerk''' is a junior medical student assigned as the most junior member of a clinical team in a hospital. The most common core clinical clerkships are in [[internal medicine]], [[surgery]], [[obstetrics and gynecology]], [[pediatrics]], and [[psychiatry]]. In addition, most medical schools require their students to take any of several eligible clerkships, or "selectives," in [[pathology]].
#'''Externships.''' An ''''extern''' is a senior-level medical student who also might be assigned to a clinical team in a hospital. An extern will carry responsibilities higher than those of a clinical clerk but less than those of a [[resident]].
All medical schools run [[residency]] programs. A '''resident''' is any recent graduate of medical school undergoing specialized training to prepare him for practice in a particular discipline of medicine.
[[Category:Education]]
The typical four-year course leading to the medical degree divides its years as follows:
#'''The Basic Sciences.''' These include [[anatomy]], [[physiology]], [[biochemistry]], and [[cell biology]]. This last is often called '''microanatomy,''' to distinguish it from the "gross anato" of the human body.
#'''The Clinical Sciences.''' These include [[pharmacology]], [[immunology]], and other courses that treat the various disciplines of medicine strictly in the classroom or in specially equipped laboratories.
#'''Clinical Clerkships.''' A '''clinical clerk''' is a junior medical student assigned as the most junior member of a clinical team in a hospital. The most common core clinical clerkships are in [[internal medicine]], [[surgery]], [[obstetrics and gynecology]], [[pediatrics]], and [[psychiatry]]. In addition, most medical schools require their students to take any of several eligible clerkships, or "selectives," in [[pathology]].
#'''Externships.''' An ''''extern''' is a senior-level medical student who also might be assigned to a clinical team in a hospital. An extern will carry responsibilities higher than those of a clinical clerk but less than those of a [[resident]].
All medical schools run [[residency]] programs. A '''resident''' is any recent graduate of medical school undergoing specialized training to prepare him for practice in a particular discipline of medicine.
[[Category:Education]]