Overview
Key Facts of the Medicine program of Nazarbayev University
The NUSOM curriculum emphasizes both the science and the humanity of medicine throughout the students’ four years of study. The carefully designed curriculum structure features active and participatory learning, problem and team-based approaches, an early introduction to the patient and the community, and the integration of a rigorous foundation in basic and clinical biomedical sciences with the behavioural and social aspects of medicine. The key subject matter is longitudinally integrated throughout the curriculum, building upon a foundation of prior learning while providing a progressive introduction of new content.
The patient focus of the NUSOM curriculum begins on day one of the programs with the Introduction to Being a Physician course. Medical interviewing and physical examination courses follow, along with exercises examining the many facets of physician life – at the patient’s bedside, in the community, and in society as a whole. Throughout the first two years, students develop and apply their new clinical skills at the hospitals and clinics of the University Medical Center (UMC) one afternoon per week. The Basic Science block runs through three-fourths of the first year and provides language and concepts that underlie the scientific basis of medical practice. Organ System block courses integrate physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and introduction to medicine, with concurrent courses in the Patient Care and Patient, Physician, and Society blocks. Weekly discussions, patient interviews, and examination of hospitalized patients reinforce essential clinical skills. The third-year curriculum consists of clinical clerkships designed to optimize the balance between inpatient and out-of-hospital learning opportunities. The fourth year includes an active internship, additional required and elective clerkships, and an integrated life sciences experience that revisits some aspects of basic science after students have several years of clinical experience.
Programme Structure
Courses included:
- Being a Physician
- Basics of Medical Interviewing
- Basic Physical Examination
- Clinical Experiences
- Advanced Physical Examination
- Advanced Medical Interviewing
- Clinical Procedures
- Human Anatomy
- Human Genetics
- Fuel Metabolism
- Pharmacology
- Cellular Pathologic Basis of Disease
- Immunology in Health and Disease
- Medical Microbiology
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Biomedical Science Medicine Health SciencesAcademic requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- A bachelor’s degree and/or master’s degree (or equivalent).
- A minimum grade point average of 3.00, based on a 4.00 point scale (or equivalent on a 5.00 point scale).
- Completed at least two science subjects, including but not limited to, one year of biology with lab or equivalent and one year of general chemistry with lab or equivalent.
- A mandatory level of English language proficiency equal to an IELTS score of 7.0 with no individual component falling below a 6.0 or a TOEFL score of 250 for Computer-Based Test (CBT), 600 for Paper-Based Test (PBT), or 100 for Internet-Based Test (IBT). Any applicant, at the discretion of the Admissions Committee, can be exempted from submitting the language proficiency test report if:
- MCAT score of 489 is required in order to be invited to an interview.
Tuition Fee
Living costs for Astana
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