Spartan Health Sciences University

shsu-school of medicine, an independent medical institution was established on january 7, 1980. shsu-som offers a four-year (40 calendar months) academic program leading to the doctor of medicine degree (m.d.), and is taught on a trimester (four months) schedule. the curriculum of the university’s doctor of medicine degree program encompasses a comprehensive course of basic sciences, pre-clinical, bridging curriculum and clinical sciences that is four (4) academic years. the trimester period commences in january, may, and september of each year. a student may elect to enter in any one of the three (3) trimesters. the five trimesters of the basic science program is an integrated presentation of the following: basic medical sciences include anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, behavioral sciences, pharmacology, and pathology. pre- clinical didactics include general introduction to medicine and physical diagnosis. didactic lectures in internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry,