Medical school

A university institution or division that provides professional education in medicine and awards or prepares students for medical degrees.

Medical curriculum: The organized sequence of subjects, clinical experiences, and assessments in medical education. It determines how scientific foundations and patient care are taught across the program.
Doctor of Medicine: A professional medical degree awarded by universities in many countries. It is a common degree awarded by medical schools, especially in the United States.
University of Bologna: A university founded in Bologna in 1088, among the oldest continuously operating universities. Its medieval medical teaching illustrates the university setting in which formal medical education developed.
Graduate-entry medical program: A medical degree program that admits students after they have completed an earlier university degree. It contrasts with programs that admit students directly from secondary education.
Clinical clerkship: A supervised clinical placement in which medical students learn through work in a healthcare setting. Clerkships turn classroom knowledge into supervised experience with patients.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery: A primary medical qualification awarded in many countries, commonly abbreviated MBBS or MBChB. It is a common medical-school qualification outside systems centered on the MD.
University of Padua: A university founded in 1222 that became a major center of European medical learning. Its medical faculty helped shape early modern teaching and anatomical study.
Undergraduate medical education: The initial phase of professional medical training before postgraduate residency or specialty training. It identifies the stage medical schools provide, despite differences in when students enter.
Medical licensing examination: An examination used to assess whether a candidate meets requirements for medical practice or training. Schools prepare students for the examinations that gate entry to practice or postgraduate training.
Problem-based learning: An instructional approach in which learners develop knowledge by investigating complex problems. Some medical schools organize teaching around clinical problems rather than separate lectures.

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