As this is the only medical school serving Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho, this school delivers its education in a decentralized system through a regional network of teaching affiliates. Every year, around 210 students enter the first year of the Doctor of Medicine program, bringing the total student count to over 800. In addition, the school offers bachelor and graduate degrees in physical or occupational therapy, prosthetics and orthotics, and in medical technology.
The mission of this school to be the nation's leading public school of medicine. In Fall 2009, 160 students entered the MD program, bringing the total enrollment to 734. The school has almost 30 departments, which include Allied Health Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology, Family Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Emergency Medicine. Each student must include at least four courses in their final year of study, in which the student has primary responsibilities for patient care.
This medical school is renowned for its training in primary care, rural medicine, and family medicine. As part of their clerkships, beginning in the third year of the program, all students must work in a rural or medically under-served environment. In addition, students have opportunities to spend part of their time abroad, working in temporary clinics and medical camps in Peru, India and the Indo-Tibetan border region. The school offers more than 25 graduate degrees, including Ph.D., master's degree programs, and an MBA in health-care management.
Harvard medical school has a total enrollment of over 700 students. The first two years of study are classroom-based courses, for which students receive a pass/fail mark. Although the main campus is in the center of Boston, students are able to complete their clinical rotations in the final two years at 20 affiliated institutions throughout Boston. The clinical departments at this school include departments of Anesthesia; Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology; Orthopedic Surgery; Dermatology; and Population Medicine.