{"id":26,"date":"2023-08-09T19:34:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T19:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/medical-education\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2023-08-09T20:34:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T20:34:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/medical-education\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"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\/medical-education\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Department of Medical Education\">Department of Medical 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It oversees the MD and MD-PhD programs and houses administrative offices such as Admissions, Student Affairs, Curriculum, and Diversity and Inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>The department comprises faculty members with expertise in various areas of medical education, including instructional design, curriculum development, assessment and evaluation, and faculty development. Their goal is to support the educational mission at the Keck School and to provide comprehensive support to the MD program.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the MD program, the Department of Medical Education oversees the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/academic-medicine-program\/\">Master of Academic Medicine<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.usc.edu\/narrativemedicine\/\">Master of Science in Narrative Medicine<\/a>\u00a0programs, and offers an undergraduate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medstudent.usc.edu\/minor-in-health-care-studies-curriculum-and-requirements\/\">Minor in Health Care Studies<\/a>. 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