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Dual-Degree Program in Medicine (MD/MSI)
The Medical School and the School of Information offer the Medical
Degree/Master of Science in Information dual degree. The dual-degree
program provides opportunities for students to explore and integrate
complementary interests and career goals that combine medicine and
information. The program offers a unique opportunity to understand the
multiple ways in which people, information, and technology interact in
the medical environment.
The MD/MSI dual degree is a five-year integrated program. Students accepted
will spend their first three years in Medical School, completing
the M1, M2, and M3 course work and up to four months of M4 clinical
electives. These students will then matriculate to the School of Information
to complete the full first-year MSI course load as their fourth program
year and complete an MSI summer internship between the fourth
and fifth program years. In the fifth year, students will spend one semester
completing the MD requirements, and the other semester completing
the MSI requirements.
Applicants may apply to the Medical School and the School of Information
at the same time. In this case, each school will independently evaluate
the applicant and make its admission decision. If an applicant is applying
to the School of Information and has not yet gained admission to the
Medical School, GRE scores will be required. Admission to the MD/MSI
program is selective and is not automatic.
Year One,
Standard M1 Curriculum
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Semester One: Patient and Populations, Cells & Tissues, Musculoskeletal,
Cardiovascular/Respiratory, Renal, Social and Behavioral
Issues in Medicine, Clinical Foundations of Medicine.
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Semester Two: GI/Liver, Endocrine/Reproduction, Immunology, CNS/Head & Neck, Infectious Diseases/Microbiology, Human Growth & Development, Clinical Foundations in Medicine, Social and Behavioral Issues in Medicine.
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Summer between M1 and M2 Year: Internship at U-M Health System or other relevant experience.
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Year Two,
Standard M2 Curriculum
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Semester One: Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Renal, Psychiatry, Neurosciences, Musculoskeletal, Dermatology, Clinical Foundations in Medicine, Social and Behavioral Issues in Medicine.
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Semester Two: Hematology/Oncology, GI, Endocrine, Reproduction, Clinical Foundations in Medicine, Social and Behavioral Issues in Medicine, M2 CCA.
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Required
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Complete Step One of the United States Medical Licensing Examination.
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Year Three,
Required M3 Clinical Clerkships
(May-April)
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Sequence will vary: Internal Medicine (12 weeks); General Surgery
and Pediatrics (eight weeks each); Obstetrics & Gynecology
and Psychiatry (six weeks each); Neurology, Family Medicine
(four weeks each), Seminars in Medicine (year long).
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Required
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May-August between M3 and SI first year: Complete up to four months of M4 clinical electives (total M4 requirements = seven months), the USMLE Step 2 examinations (clinical knowledge and clinical skills), and the M4 Comprehensive Clinical Assessment.
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Year Four,
Standard SI First-Year Curriculum
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Semester One: SI 500: "Information in Social Systems: Collections, Flows, and Processing," SI 501: "Contextual Inquiry and Project Management," SI 502: "Networked Computing: Storage, Communication, and Processing," SI elective.
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Semester Two: SI elective to meet management distribution requirement, SI elective to meet methods distribution requirement, SI elective, SI elective.
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Summer after SI first year (between program year four and five): Students complete a three-month internship during the summer after their SI first year to gain additional real-world experience. MD/MSI Program students will complete a summer internship in a health care-related information setting. The M3 year concludes in late April; MD/MSI students will complete their summer internship during May, June, and July.
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Year Five,
Complete Remaining Medical and School of Information Requirements
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Semester One: Sequence will vary: Subinternship (eight weeks); Emergency Medicine and Applied Clinical Therapeutics (four weeks each); remaining M4 clinical electives; Interview Month.
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Semester Two: SI elective, SI elective, SI elective, SI elective.
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In recognition of the interdependency of the degrees, the MD and MSI degrees will be awarded only after the completion of both degree requirements.
Program requirements on this page are current for the 2008-2009 academic year.
Last updated: Sep 03, 2008
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