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Below is a summary outline of all the courses offered by the School of Medicine, University of Guyana. |
| The courses are divided in to Pre-Clinical and Clinical Sciences, reflecting the 5 year curriculum. |
Pre-Clinical Sciences
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| Year 1 | Year 2 | |
| Semester I | 17 | 17 |
| Semester II | 24 | 16 |
| Total | 41 | 33 |
Other Faculty of Health Sciences Core courses are required to gain the total credits in this department.
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Morphological Sciences |
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Biomedical Sciences |
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Fac. Health Scs. Core Courses |
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Community Medicine (CFA) |
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Pathology |
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| Year I |
| Year II |
| Year III |
| Year IV |
| Year V |
| Recommended Reading/Texts |
| Clinical Sciences Schedule |
| Please select the desired year (above) for full curriculum details. |
This department of the program consists of theory and more practical experience. Training occurs at the Georgetown public Hospital Corp. located in New market Street, Georgetown.
Duration: 3 years
Semesters: Year long courses (see below)
Courses: Pharmaco-therapeutics, Pathology, Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Surgery and Community Medicine (CFA II & III).
Summary:
| Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | |
| Duration (wks) | 48 | 53 | 45 |
| Credits | 35 | 8 | 128 |
The difference in credits for these three years are due to the absence of examinations for courses in the third and fourth years which, occur in year 5.