Can M2/M3/M4s from NSUCOM help explain the curriculum?

[geckcgt]

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I'm looking at the curriculum right now, and M1 seems conventional to me, with the basic sciences, and pretty much what I'm doing now in my Post-Bac, but I see that the Pathology/Pharmacology courses are taught in the summer??? Then durign the M2 year, the curriculum transitions to a systems based approach??? Can an NSUCOM student explain this to me? I thought Path/Pharm were year long courses.

P.S. I'm not sure if I posted it in the right location, I figured second year and above students were more likely to visit the osteo page rather than pre-osteo

 

[DarkHorizon]

I'm looking at the curriculum right now, and M1 seems conventional to me, with the basic sciences, and pretty much what I'm doing now in my Post-Bac, but I see that the Pathology/Pharmacology courses are taught in the summer??? Then durign the M2 year, the curriculum transitions to a systems based approach??? Can an NSUCOM student explain this to me? I thought Path/Pharm were year long courses.

P.S. I'm not sure if I posted it in the right location, I figured second year and above students were more likely to visit the osteo page rather than pre-osteo

Its basic Path and pharm, most of it is covered in systems, such as cardio path/pharm, renal path/pharm

 

[geckcgt]

Thanks, that's what I felt like was going on, but I wasn't sure. Does that mean that NSU students don't have that first summer off?

 

[NeuroLAX]

Thanks, that's what I felt like was going on, but I wasn't sure. Does that mean that NSU students don't have that first summer off?

I don't know about M2 year, but M1s have 4 weeks of summer break.

 

[sonofva]

Your m2 summer break depends on how early you take comlex. If you take it in early June you have almost a month off. Most people in my class took the comlex late to study more, but I knew a few people who went traveling the world/researched/slept for 4 weeks.

 

[aidama]

After most of the main classes end in April, the whole month of May is "summer" M1 session where you take Radiology/Microbio pt. 2 (fungi, parasites). You get about a one month break between M1 summer session and M2 summer session. Then, M2 summer you get Intro Pharm (Autonomics + Antimicrobials etc)/Intro Path, and then the rest of pharmacology and pathology is scattered throughout the blocks. There is a weekend between M2 summer and M2 year.

Summer Pharm is essentially a nightmare but they've been working hard to adjust the way it's ordered/taught.

M2's get one month + a week or so off in december, vs M1's who get about 2-3 weeks

 

[NeuroLAX]

Our last exam was December 12th and we started January 7th. Pretty decent break if you ask me.

 

[munchymanRX]

And that last week is largely OSCEs and a day of procedures classes. If you're lucky enough to win the scheduling lottery you can be done much earlier.

I left school Nov. 28th and didn't come back until Jan 9th.

 

[nmakhija]

Since my question goes along with the one posted I was wondering:

How many weeks do you get completely off after M2 to prepare for COMLEX/USMLE. By this I mean when would be your last exam during M2 and when do you start rotations for M3.

I plan to start at Nova and was hoping to get about 6 weeks to go home and spend time studying hardcore for the COMLEX/USMLE (not have to worry about school or any other classes). Is this possible?

Thanks for your help!

 

[FutureDO2016]

That's good scheduling. We get 9 weeks off in the summer after M1 but then second year classes end in late May so we get only 2 months of board prep while I heard some schools get up to 3-4 months as some end in early April!