Note: If you require an academic calendar or student manual for a year not listed below, please contact the Office of Curricular Affairs by email at comt-ca@arizona.edu.
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Preclerkship Phase
This curriculum phase of study is defined as the first 18 months of medical school with a focus on the eight basic sciences core blocks, Doctor & Patient/Societies Course, and the Clinical Reasoning Course, including all longitudinal curriculum sessions intertwined throughout the core courses.
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Transition to Residency Phase
This curriculum phase of study is defined as the final 14 months of clinical curriculum, including core sub-internship, electives, surgical subspecialty, the Emergency Medicine/Critical Care Clerkship, Application of the Basic Sciences to Clinical Medicine, and transition to residency bootcamp selectives.