Curriculum
The EVMS Medical Master’s One Year program:
The Eastern Virginia Medical School Medical Master’s program is a one-year pre-professional (postbaccalaureate) master’s degree program designed for students who wish to matriculate into medical school.
The curriculum, which mainly consists of medical school courses taken with first year medical students, also contains a presentation skills and professional knowledge course aimed at improving students’ interview skills and knowledge about other players in the healthcare field with whom they would interact as a physician.
The program provides an opportunity for highly motivated students to improve their academic credentials by demonstrating their academic abilities in a rigorous medical school environment. For this reason, it is particularly suitable to help students make themselves more competitive applicants to allopathic and osteopathic medical programs.
Goals and Objectives
It is the goal of the Medical Master’s One Year program that every student successfully complete the program to become more academically competitive and an overall better candidate for admission to the professional school of his/her choice.
To accomplish this goal, the program has established the following objectives:
- Offer five first-year medical school courses within the Medical Master’s Program curriculum to create a challenging academic environment.
- Enhance student interviewing skills through the use of mock interviews with accompanying feedback.
- Initiate patient exposure through Standardized Patient experiences.
- Advise students individually and in small groups based on student ability and intention.
Transferability of Credit
No courses may be transferred for credit leading to the Medical Master’s Degree.
Unique to our Two-Year Program:
The Eastern Virginia Medical School Medical Master’s program is a two-year pre-professional (post-baccalaureate) master’s degree program designed for students who wish to matriculate into medical school.
The curriculum, which mainly consists of medical school courses taken with first year medical students, also contains the following courses: Human Structure, Presentation Skills and Professional Knowledge, Principles of Epidemiology, MCAT preparation, Clinical Shadowing and Service Learning, Legal and Ethical Issues in Medicine and Social and Behavioral Sciences for Public Health.
The program provides an opportunity for highly motivated students to improve their academic credentials by demonstrating their academic abilities in a rigorous medical school environment. For this reason, it is particularly suitable to help students make themselves more competitive applicants to allopathic and osteopathic medical programs as well as dental and other health professions programs.
Goals and Objectives
It is the goal of the Medical Master’s Two-Year Program that every student successfully complete the program to become more academically competitive and an overall better candidate for admission to the professional school of his/her choice.
To accomplish this goal, the program has established the following objectives:
- Offer five first-year medical school courses within the Medical Master’s Program curriculum to create a challenging academic environment.
- Enhance student interviewing skills through the use of mock interviews with accompanying feedback.
- Initiate patient exposure through Standardized Patient experiences.
- Advise students individually and in small groups based on student ability and intention.
- Provide students with physician shadowing experiences to better their understanding of the medical profession and increase their competitiveness for medical school.
- Provide MCAT preparation to improve MCAT scores and improve students’ competitiveness for medical school.
Transferability of Credit
No courses may be transferred for credit leading to the Medical Master’s Degree.