Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
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The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education is now an eight-year medical program (previously a seven-year program for those who entered the school prior to 2010) that was established at The City College of the City University of New York
in New York City
. It offers an integrated baccalaureate education with preclinical medical education and has a twofold mission: to expand access to medical careers among inner-city youths, particularly among underrepresented minorities, and to encourage the pursuit of primary care specialties among its graduates.
Students complete their undergraduate work and the first two years of medical school at Sophie Davis after which students transfer to one of the accompanying medical schools to finish their final two years of medical school which are primarily medical rotations. Currently, Dartmouth Medical School, NYU Medical School, New York Medical College, Stony Brook School of Medicine, Albany Medical College and SUNY Downstate Medical Center are match schools for Sophie Davis graduates.
-- especially in inner city areas—for primary care physicians, the school began as a destination for talented New York City high school graduates of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. It has a rigorous course curriculum where most of its graduates become general physicians. Those who choose not to become general physicians must repay the school a fee.
It is named after Sophie Kesner, who was Leonard Davis's wife, because Mr. Davis, a graduate of CCNY, was a major benefactor of the school.
Curriculum
First Year (Fall)
Biology of Organisms
General Physics I
English
Elective
First Year (Spring)
General Chemistry
General Physics II
World Civilizations
Elective
Second Year (Fall)
Bio-Organic Chemistry
Genetics
Psychology
Biostatistics
Elective
Second Year (Spring)
Molecules to Cells I
Health, Medicine, and Society I, II, III
Elective
Third Year (Fall)
Molecules to Cells II
Health, Medicine, and Society IV (Epidemiology)
Philosophy of the Rational Animal
United States History
Elective
Third Year (Spring)
Structure (Gross Anatomy/ Embryology / Organ Imaging)
Histology
Physiology I (Systemic Functions)
Fourth Year (Fall)
Behavioral Medicine
Physiology II (Systemic Functions)
Medical Pharmacology
Patient-Doctor I
Health, Medicine, and Society V (U.S. Health Care)
Fourth Year (Spring)
Neuroscience
Host Defense, Immunology, and Pathogenesis
Patient-Doctor II
Fifth Year (Fall)
Neuropsychiatry
System Pathology
Introduction to Clinical Medicine I
Clinical Decision Making and Evidence-Based Medicine
Fifth Year (Spring)
Physical Diagnosis
Introduction to Clinical Medicine II
In 2003 it moved into its permanent home in Townsend Harris
Hall, which had been renovated as part of CCNY's Terra Cotta Restoration Project, and to build modern teaching capabilities into its classrooms, seminar rooms, a long-distance conference room, and teaching laboratories.
City University of New York
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in New York City
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. It offers an integrated baccalaureate education with preclinical medical education and has a twofold mission: to expand access to medical careers among inner-city youths, particularly among underrepresented minorities, and to encourage the pursuit of primary care specialties among its graduates.
Students complete their undergraduate work and the first two years of medical school at Sophie Davis after which students transfer to one of the accompanying medical schools to finish their final two years of medical school which are primarily medical rotations. Currently, Dartmouth Medical School, NYU Medical School, New York Medical College, Stony Brook School of Medicine, Albany Medical College and SUNY Downstate Medical Center are match schools for Sophie Davis graduates.
History
Established in 1973 to address the growing need in the United StatesUnited States
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-- especially in inner city areas—for primary care physicians, the school began as a destination for talented New York City high school graduates of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. It has a rigorous course curriculum where most of its graduates become general physicians. Those who choose not to become general physicians must repay the school a fee.
It is named after Sophie Kesner, who was Leonard Davis's wife, because Mr. Davis, a graduate of CCNY, was a major benefactor of the school.
Program Offered
BS/MD (Bachelor of Science / Medical Doctorate)Curriculum
First Year (Fall)
Biology of Organisms
General Physics I
English
Elective
First Year (Spring)
General Chemistry
General Physics II
World Civilizations
Elective
Second Year (Fall)
Bio-Organic Chemistry
Genetics
Psychology
Biostatistics
Elective
Second Year (Spring)
Molecules to Cells I
Health, Medicine, and Society I, II, III
Elective
Third Year (Fall)
Molecules to Cells II
Health, Medicine, and Society IV (Epidemiology)
Philosophy of the Rational Animal
United States History
Elective
Third Year (Spring)
Structure (Gross Anatomy/ Embryology / Organ Imaging)
Histology
Physiology I (Systemic Functions)
Fourth Year (Fall)
Behavioral Medicine
Physiology II (Systemic Functions)
Medical Pharmacology
Patient-Doctor I
Health, Medicine, and Society V (U.S. Health Care)
Fourth Year (Spring)
Neuroscience
Host Defense, Immunology, and Pathogenesis
Patient-Doctor II
Fifth Year (Fall)
Neuropsychiatry
System Pathology
Introduction to Clinical Medicine I
Clinical Decision Making and Evidence-Based Medicine
Fifth Year (Spring)
Physical Diagnosis
Introduction to Clinical Medicine II
Location
Address: 160 Convent Ave, Harris Hall, Room 107, New York, NY 10031In 2003 it moved into its permanent home in Townsend Harris
Townsend Harris
Townsend Harris was a successful New York City merchant and minor politician, and the first United States Consul General to Japan...
Hall, which had been renovated as part of CCNY's Terra Cotta Restoration Project, and to build modern teaching capabilities into its classrooms, seminar rooms, a long-distance conference room, and teaching laboratories.