Office of Curriculum
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The Office of Curriculum is home to the Assistant Dean of Basic Sciences, Assistant Dean of Clinical Sciences and the curriculum coordinators. Together these individuals form a bridge between students and those in charge of curriculum decisions (deans, directors, faculty, staff, etc).
Students have several options of medicine programs within the School of Medicine. These options include the standard 4-year program, the Family Medicine Advanced Track (3-year program), and dual degrees.
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The standard 4-year medical school program culminates in an M.D. degree. This program will prapare participants for a career in the specialty of their choosing.
The first and second year Basic Science curriculum is in Lubbock and is the building block for students prior to their clinical experiences.
The third and fourth year Clinical Science curriculum can be in Amarillo, Covenant,
Lubbock or Permian Basin.
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View our Curriculum Overview here.
The Family Medicine Accelerated Track, or FMAT, is an innovative 3-year accelerated medical school curriculum that culminates in the M.D. degree.
It will prepare participants for a standard 3-year family medicine curriculum at one of three Texas Tech programs, in Lubbock, Amarillo, or the Permian Basin.
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The Health Organization Management (HOM) joint degree program allows students to earn both MD and MBA degrees within the four years of medical school.
Enrolled students complete 42 hours of coursework at Texas Tech University Rawls College of Business.
Areas of study include accounting, management strategy, business decision-making skills and methods, business information systems, as well as other core skills in the business curriculum.
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The MD/MPH emphasizes the knowledge and skills of core public health disciplines and public health practice.
A Master in Public Health can be earned by completing a minimum of 45 credit hours, including a practicum experience and a culminating experience.
At this time, the MPH program offers a generalist MPH degree.
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If you are interested in a career in academic medicine as a physician scientist, this program may be ideal for you.
It will prepare you to become a medical practitioner and faculty member at a university medical center where you will teach medical and graduate students, and, as a scientist, will be involved with biomedical research.
After completion of the program, you will receive both the M.D. and Ph.D. degrees.
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The MD/JD program is a six-year program designed specificallyfor individuals interested in the areas of health law, health care policy, bioterrorism, forensics or biomedical compliance.
The dual degree program of study is administered by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine and Texas Tech University School of Law.
Students complete 78 hours of coursework in the School of Law between the third and fourth years of the MD program.
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The School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences offer the MD/MS program.
It is designed for students who wish to add research experience to their portfolio, and requires the performance of one year of research in collaboration with faculty from the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
The research year is usually performed after Year 2 of the MD curriculum.
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Michaela Jansen, PhD |
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Samuel Campbell, MD |
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Candace Brown |
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Amanda Jeter |
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Meredith Trevino |
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Kelley Moss |
With my medical education and training, I will be in a good position to be a successful
clinician-scientist. I hope to have the opportunities that will allow me to help a
lot of patients in the future.
Michael Song
Medical Student