Program: Doctor of Medicine Curriculum - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans

Jun 18, 2025

Catalog/Bulletin 2013-2014

First Year

Required Courses

ANAT 100 - GROSS & DEVELOPMENTAL ANATOMY [233 Hours]
ANAT 110 - CELL BIOLOGY & MICROANATOMY [104 Hours]
MCLIN 101 - SCIENCE AND PRACTICE MEDICINE [142 Hours]
NRSC 100 - NEUROSCIENCES [110 Hours]
BIOCH 100 - BIOCHEMISTRY [80 Hours]
PHYSIO 100 - HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY [105 Hours]

Total Hours First Year: 771

Second Year

Required Courses

MICRO 200 - MICROBIOLOGY,IMMUNOLOGY, & PARASITOLOGY [135 Hours]
PATH 200 - GENERAL AND SYSTEMIC PATHOLOGY [123 Hours]
PATH 201 - INTRODUCTION TO METHODS IN PATHOLOGY I [1-3 Credits]
PHARM 200 - PHARMACOLOGY [84 Hours]
MED 201 - INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL MEDICINE [27 Hours]
DERM 200 - DERMATOLOGY [18 Hours]
PSYC 200 - PSYCHIATRY & MEDICINE [40 Hours]
MCLIN 201 - SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE [114 Hours]

Total Hours for Second Year: 626

Third Year

Required Courses

OPHTH 300 - OPHTHALMOLOGY [24 Hours]
RADI 300 - RADIOLOGY (PASS/FAIL) [11 Hours]

Required Clerkships

MED 300 - MEDICINE [380 Hours]
NEURO 300 - NEUROLOGY [76 Hours]
SURG 300 - SURGERY [342 Hours]
MCLIN 300 - CLINICAL CAREER PLANNING ELECTIVE (PASS/FAIL) [114 Hours]
PEDI 300 - PEDIATRICS [304 Hours]
OBGYN 300 - OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY [228 Hours]
FMMD 300 - FAMILY MEDICINE [152 Hours]
PSYC 300 - PSYCHIATRY [228 Hours]

Total Hours Third Year: 1824

Fourth Year

Required Clerkships

MED 400 - MEDICINE [152 Hours]
MED 401 - PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION ACTING INTERNSHIP [152 Hours]
MED 402 - EMERGENCY MEDICINE [152 Hours]
MED 403 - MEDICINE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT [152 Hours]
MED 404 - GASTROENTEROLOGY CONSULTS [152 Hours]
MED 405 - HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY CONSULTS [152 Hours]
MED 406 - PULMONARY CONSULTS [152 Hours]
MED 407 - INFECTIOUS DISEASES CONSULTS [152 Hours]
MED 408 - CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY [152 Hours]
MED 409 - RENAL CONSULTS [152 Hours]
MED 410 - ENDOCRINOLOGY CONSULTS [152 Hours]
MED 411 - RHEUMATOLOGY CONSULTS [152 Hours]
MED 414 - REQUIRED ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY [152 Hours]
MCLIN 400 - CRITICAL CONCEPTS [152 Hours]

Acting Internship 1

(One of the following)

FMMD 419 - FAMILY MEDICINE ACTING INTERNSHIP [152 Hours]
MEDN 419 - Medicine [152 Hours]
OBGYN 419 - OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY ACTING INTERNSHIP [152 Hours]
SURG 419 - SURGERY ACTING INTERNSHIP [152 Hours]
PEDI 419 - PEDIATRICS ACTING INTERNSHIP [152 Hours]

Acting Internship 2

(A second rotation on one of the above departments or urology, psychiatry, otorhinolaryngology, orthopedics, neurosurgery, neurology, and anesthesiology.)

Elective, Ambulatory Care Selective

(One of the following)

OBGYN 415 - OBGYN AMBULATORY CARE [152 Hours]
OBGYN 418 - OBGYN SECONDARY ACTING INTERNSHIP [152 Hours]
PEDI 415 - PEDIATRIC AMBULATORY CARE [152 Hours]
PEDI 416 - PEDIATRIC AMB/PER/TIGER CARE [152 Hours]
PEDI 417 - ADOLESCENT MEDICINE [152 Hours]
PEDI 418 - PEDIATRICS SECONDARY ACTING INTERNSHIP [152 Hours]
FMMD 415 - FAMILY MEDICINE AMBULATORY CARE [152 Hours]
FMMD 418 - FAMILY MEDICINE SECONDARY ACTING INTERNSHIP [152 Hours]
MED 415 - AMBULATORY CARE [152 Hours]
MED 417 - EMERGENCY MEDICINE [152 Hours]
MED 418 - MEDICINE SECONDARY ACTING INTERNSHIP [152 Hours]

Special Topics

(Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Human Sexuality, Nutrition, Office Management and Financial Plan)

SPTP 400 - SPECIAL TOPICS (PASS/FAIL) [152 Hours]

Electives

Elective 1 [152 Hours]
Elective 2 [152 Hours]
Elective 3 [152 Hours]

Total Hours Fourth Year: 1368

Elective Courses

XXXXX 120 - Primary Care [160 Hours]
PHYSIO 220 - MEDICAL SPANISH [2 Credits]
MCLIN 220 - END OF LIFE CARE (PASS/FAIL) [25 Hours]