Academics The academic program is intended to meet the following goals:
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To accord primacy to the role of the musculoskeletal system in the total body economy.
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To recognize and emphasize the inherent capacity within the total person to overcome disease and maintain health; and to educate physicians to cooperate with this therapeutic capacity in their methods of treatment. -
To provide sufficient academic training to make students aware of health needs that must be referred to a consultant.
The curriculum will be divided into two phases:
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Pre-clinical Sciences (Years 1 and 2)
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Clinical experiences (Years 3 and 4)
A primary care physician must be skilled in problem solving and demonstrate expertise in diagnosis. In order to achieve this goal, the DCOM curricula will emphasize the integration of the basic and clinical sciences in medical practice.
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