Pre-clinical Education

Marilyn Kimmelman, Ed. D.

Director
Office of Academic Affairs
One Medical Center Drive, Suite 210
Stratford, NJ 08084-1501

Phone: (856) 566-6980
Fax: (856) 566-6341

E-mail: kimmelma@umdnj.edu

In the current UMDNJ-SOM curriculum, students are exposed to rigorous studies of the latest knowledge base in research and the basic sciences. The curriculum prepares them for clinical studies, stressing the encouragement of lifelong and self-directed learning as a continuous process.   The first year of the curriculum stresses a primary care orientation with clinical instruction and community experiences designed to prepare students with a scientific foundation.   The foundation is carried forward into the second more clinically oriented year, including an increase in primary care ambulatory training and community based experiences.

Integrated within courses and clinical experiences are innovative components including coursework in ethics, medical informatics, cultural competency, medical humanities, nutrition, pain management and death and dying.   Osteopathic Manipulation is integrated throughout the curriculum.   Traditional lecture formats are augmented by an emphasis on case-based learning, evidence-based medicine, self-study, computer assisted learning and a multitude of new technologies.

The first and second year curriculum are supported in the Office of Academic Affairs by the implementation of online student appraisal of teaching, the development of the student course schedules and the academic calendar, referrals to instructors regarding course related issues, and the support of the work of the Curriculum Committee, its Task Forces and the Pre-Curriculum student forum. The office also facilitates the creation of Dean's letters and consults with students on the creation of the curriculum vitae in preparation for the Match.

Office Hours:

Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Other times available by appointment.
Stop by suite 210.

Pre-clinical Education is responsible for:

• Year I and II
  • First Year On-line Class Schedule 2007
  • First Year Exam Schedule Fall 2007
  • Second Year On-line Class Schedule 2007
  • Second Year Exam Schedule Fall 2007

Schedule/curriculum/evaluation issues or questions Assistance with preparing Curriculum Vitae.

• Click here for a Sample Curriculum Vitae

• Preparation of Dean's Letters

• Summer Programs - Click here for a list of a wide variety of summer programs for medical students. If you will be doing a summer activity that involves patient care, you will need to complete an Independent Study form before you may begin.