Medical Education
The goals of the medical education program at CHM are to educate students who will serve the health care needs of people in the state of Michigan, including in rural and inner-city areas; who will be caring, compassionate, and humane in their care of patients; who will respect human differences; and who will commit to ethical practices and lifelong learning. CHM is nationally known for its educational innovation.
CHM is a community-based medical school which means clinical practice, undergraduate and graduate medical education, and research takes place across six campuses through affiliations with local hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers. Our campuses are located in Flint, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Saginaw, and Marquette. Each campus has a Community Dean overseeing medical education. In addition, they all have their own Research Director and infrastructure through which research is conducted independent of CHM as well as with CHM units and investigators. Each is a vital component of the unified CHM research system.
In 1991, a completely new, four-year medical student program was unveiled. With some modification, this curriculum continues today. The program is divided into Blocks: Block I comprising the first year, a 37-week experience; Block II, the second year, a 32-week experience; and Block III, the clinical years, an 77-week experience over two calendar years, scheduled in one of the six community campuses.
