Mayo Medical School - Curriculum

Curriculum

Mayo Medical School students start their school year in mid-July, with first year students taking a hybrid orientation and public health course. The curriculum is divided into three and six week blocks, with students taking one class at a time. A list of the blocks and their titles is show below:

Year 1
Block 1 - Orientation and Improving the Public's Health
Block 2 - Basic Structure (Histology and Genetics)
Block 3 - Human Structure (Anatomy and Radiology)
Block 4 - Improving the Public's Health
Block 5 - Normal Function (Pathology and Immunology)
Block 6 - Principles of Disease, Diagnosis, and Treatment (Microbiology and Immunology)
Block 7 - Brain and Nervous System
Year 2
Block 8 - Fluids
Block 9 - Circulation
Block 10 - Nutrition & Digestion
Block 11 - Respiration
Block 12 - Musculoskeletal & Hormones
Block 13 - Blood & Immunity

Classes during the first two years are offered on a Pass/Fail basis, with no internal ranking of students. This produces a cooperative environment that fosters learning and collaboration. During the first two years, medical school students have the opportunity to take part in self-designed selectives, which are generally two week periods that separate each block. Selectives allow students to shadow physicians, travel abroad on volunteer trips, or present research. If a student chooses, they may participate in selectives offered through Mayo Medical School, though self-proposed selectives are allowed.

Saint Marys Hospital and Rochester Methodist Hospital are integral to the Mayo campus, providing essential inpatient learning experiences for medical students. The Mayo Clinic College of Medicine also includes programs in physical therapy, dentistry, physician assistant, and postgraduate residency and fellowship training programs. The Physician Assistant program is also affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, and students at the Medical School have the option to pursue several combined degree programs with other universities (M.D.-Ph.D., M.D.-M.B.A., and M.D.-M.P.H.).

• Mayo Medical School Entryway

• Mayo Medical School Entry Doorway

• Mayo Medical School Architecture

• Mitchell Student Center at Mayo Medical School

• Gonda Building with Mayo Flag

• Mayo Clinic

• The Mayo Building

• The Grand Staircase in the Gonda Building

• The Plummer Building