{"id":29,"date":"2023-08-24T11:32:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T11:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-phd-program\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2025-07-10T18:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T18:10:11","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-phd-program\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-primary horizontal-navigation\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-primary\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper has-horizontal-nav\">\n\n          <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n\n                  <div class=\"eyebrow-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-phd-program\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about USC-Caltech MD-PhD Program\">USC-Caltech MD-PhD 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The integrated training means some coursework can be applied to both degrees, which shortens the total time to finish both degrees. The breadth and depth of the training is invaluable to those pursuing a career in medical research and teaching.<\/p>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-phd-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/MDPhD_Dual-Degree-Timelines_1-25-24-update-03-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-131\" src=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-phd-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/MDPhD_Dual-Degree-Timelines_1-25-24-update-03-1024x934.jpg\" alt=\"MD PhD Curriculum Schematic\" width=\"1024\" height=\"934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-phd-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/MDPhD_Dual-Degree-Timelines_1-25-24-update-03-1024x934.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-phd-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/MDPhD_Dual-Degree-Timelines_1-25-24-update-03-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-phd-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/MDPhD_Dual-Degree-Timelines_1-25-24-update-03-768x701.jpg 768w, https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-phd-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/MDPhD_Dual-Degree-Timelines_1-25-24-update-03-1536x1402.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-phd-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/02\/MDPhD_Dual-Degree-Timelines_1-25-24-update-03-2048x1869.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n            \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n   aria-label=\"Content Accordions\"\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Timeline\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-zQWo2HDOVD\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-zQWo2HDOVD\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Summer Before Medical School<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-zQWo2HDOVD\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-zQWo2HDOVD\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Students are encouraged to rotate in two or more laboratories and are given the opportunity to do so in the summer prior to entering the first year of medical school and between the first and second year of medical school in the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-zQWo2HDOVD\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-zQWo2HDOVD\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Year 1<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-zQWo2HDOVD\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-zQWo2HDOVD\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>MD-PhD students meet with program leadership in the first few weeks of medical school. Faculty outlines the coursework and expectations for MD-PhD students. MD-PhD students participate in two seminars designed specifically for them.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Medicine at the benchtop and bedside<\/li>\n<li>Elements of career development for physician scientists.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Students are expected to attend regularly scheduled MD-PhD seminar series, departmental and interdisciplinary research seminars, as well as interact with faculty at informal research presentation and discussion sessions in their area of research.<\/p>\n<h4>Summer After Year 1<\/h4>\n<p>Students are encouraged to rotate in two or more laboratories and are given the opportunity to do so in the summer between the first and second year of medical school in the summer, prior to the start of their PhD studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-zQWo2HDOVD\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-zQWo2HDOVD\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Year 2<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-zQWo2HDOVD\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-zQWo2HDOVD\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h4>Spring of Year 2<\/h4>\n<p>Generally, by the spring semester of the second year of medical school, the student decides on an area of research interest and applies to the graduate program of choice.<\/p>\n<h4>End of Year 2<\/h4>\n<p>After completing the second year of the medical curriculum and passing Part I of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), the student enters the selected PhD program as a full-time graduate student. Three to six years are required to complete additional coursework in the discipline, the qualifying examination, and independent research leading to a dissertation and research publications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-zQWo2HDOVD\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-zQWo2HDOVD\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">PhD Training<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-zQWo2HDOVD\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-zQWo2HDOVD\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Students must fulfill the requirements of the individual graduate program, which includes a course on ethics and accountability. Each program\u2019s requirements vary, so student programs differ. To allow students to transition to the clinical years more easily and to sustain clinical skills while pursuing the PhD training, participation in the longitudinal clinical experience is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-5-zQWo2HDOVD\" aria-controls=\"section-1-5-zQWo2HDOVD\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Longitudinal Clinical Experience<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-5-zQWo2HDOVD\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-5-zQWo2HDOVD\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>The longitudinal clinical experience, which gives students a hands-on experience in general medicine and\/or in specialty training, is arranged by the student in collaboration with the program director and is flexible to accommodate both the student and physician schedules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-6-zQWo2HDOVD\" aria-controls=\"section-1-6-zQWo2HDOVD\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Post-PhD<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-6-zQWo2HDOVD\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-6-zQWo2HDOVD\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>After completion of the dissertation, the student rejoins the medical class as a third-year medical student and completes the last two years of clinical training. The combined program involves, on average, a total of eight years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n      \n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--contact-details \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--contact-details\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n          <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Contact\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n        \n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n      <div class=\"contacts-container\">\n\n        \n                      <div class=\"contact-card\">\n\n                              <h3>MD-PhD Program<\/h3>\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description description-medium\">\n\n    \n  <p>Keck School of Medicine<br \/>\nUniversity of Southern California<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/Keith+Administration+Building,+1975+Zonal+Ave,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90089\/@34.0610252,-118.2075482,17.1z\/data=!4m16!1m7!3m6!1s0x80c2c5df5eb1d9a9:0xc11e4efc5ab7163a!2sKeith+Administration+Building,+1975+Zonal+Ave,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90089!3b1!8m2!3d34.0610191!4d-118.205504!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x80c2c5df5eb1d9a9:0xc11e4efc5ab7163a!2m2!1d-118.205504!2d34.0610191\">1975 Zonal Avenue, KAM 103<br \/>\nLos Angeles, CA 90089<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n              \n                              <div class=\"f--phone\">\n                  <a href=\"tel:tel (323) 442-2965 | fax (323) 442-0386\">tel (323) 442-2965 | fax (323) 442-0386<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              \n                              <div class=\"f--email\">\n                  <a href=\"mailto:mdphdpgm@usc.edu\">mdphdpgm@usc.edu<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              \n            <\/div>\n                    \n                      <div class=\"contact-card\">\n\n                              <h3>Director<\/h3>\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description description-medium\">\n\n    \n  <p><a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/faculty-search\/brian-lee\/\">Brian Lee, MD PhD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n              \n              \n                              <div class=\"f--email\">\n                  <a href=\"mailto:brianlee@usc.edu\">brianlee@usc.edu<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              \n            <\/div>\n                    \n                      <div class=\"contact-card\">\n\n                              <h3>Co-Director<\/h3>\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description description-medium\">\n\n    \n  <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbe.caltech.edu\/people\/mitchell-guttman\">Mitchell Guttman, PhD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n              \n              \n                              <div class=\"f--email\">\n                  <a href=\"mailto:mguttman@caltech.edu\">mguttman@caltech.edu<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              \n            <\/div>\n                    \n      <\/div>\n\n    \n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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