Curriculum for MBBS (MD) Program– Third Year
Davao Medical School Foundation (DMSF) follows a comprehensive and rigorous curriculum designed to provide students with a strong foundation in medical education. The curriculum at DMSF emphasizes a holistic approach, integrating theoretical knowledge, practical skills, and clinical experience. DMSF’s curriculum is continually updated to reflect the latest developments in the field of medicine, ensuring that graduates are well-prepared to meet the challenges of a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.
Third Year
The course contents for the third year are designed to provide students with an understanding of the principles and concepts of diseases of different clinical specialties, their epidemiology, pathogenesis, prevention, therapeutic and diagnostic maneuvers, differential diagnosis, management, and their continuing correlation with basic medical sciences. In a typical day, more than half of the time is spent in school providing large and small group discussions. The remaining time is spent in the clinics, where students, under the supervision of clinical preceptors, are exposed to simulated and real patients through clinical simulations, bedside and desk-side teaching, grand rounds, mini-lectures, and small group discussions. Principles & procedures of common diagnostic & therapeutic examinations for different age groups are taught, as well as communication and interpersonal skills. Likewise, knowledge of the theories and principles that govern jurisprudence and ethical decision-making is given due emphasis
| Subjects | Original MD Program (Curriculum Hours) |
Expanded MD Program (Curriculum Hours) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | Clinics Weeks (Hours) | Lecture | Clinics Weeks (Hours) | ||
| Pediatrics 3 | 180 | 6(72) | 180 | 6(72) | -same- |
| OB-Gyne 3 | 144 | 6(72) | 144 | 6(72) | -same- |
| surgery 3 | 144 | 6(72) | 144 | 6(72) | -same- |
| Internal Medicine 3 | 180 | 8(96) | 180 | 8(96) | -same- |
| Community & Family Med 3 | 72 | 6(72) | 72 | 6(72) | -same- |
| Ophthalmology | 54 | - | 54 | - | -same- |
| Otorhinolaryngology | 54 | - | 54 | - | -same- |
| NS 3 | |||||
| Neurology 3 | 54 | - | 54 | - | -same- |
| Psychiatry 3 | 54 | - | 54 | - | -same- |
| Legal Medicine | 36 | - | 36 | - | -same- |
| Medical Ethics | 36 | - | 36 | - | -same- |
| Dermatology | 36 | - | 36 | - | -same- |
| Rehab Medicine | 18 | - | 18 | - | -same- |
| Radiology | 27 | - | 27 | - | -same- |
| Sub-Total | 1,089 | 384 | 1,089 | 384 | -same- |