The University of Pennsylvania holds claim to the prestigious Perelman School of Medicine. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the University of Pennsylvania’s medical school is one of the oldest medical institutions in the country. It was founded in 1765 and boasts pride in its leading education, patient care, and research programs. Its excellence is continuously represented in the top five rankings for best medical schools. The school’s dean is J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, looking over more than 2,000 full time faculty members and 791 medical students. In addition, the school is home to over 1,100 residents and fellows and several hundred PhD, MD-PhD, masters’ students, and post-doctoral fellows (“Overview”). It is affiliated with the Hospital …show more content…
Tuition alone is $52,210 but with additional fees, the grand total is roughly $4,000 greater (“Tuition & Fees”). The average debt of University of Pennsylvania medical students is about $119,000 but financial aid is available on the consideration of need, circumstances, prior indebtedness, and fund availability. Since funding is limited, it is the number one prior for the university to assist those with the greatest need (“How to Apply for Aid”). There is a scholarship program called Twenty-First Century Scholars that awards around 30 full tuition scholarships annually to students with outstanding resumes and personal interests/experiences (“Financial Aid Overview”). Every accepted student is considered for these awards. While these scholarships are highly competitive and among the very few the university offers, there are programs in place to assist in helping keep track of finances (“AAMC/FIRST”). AAMC’s FIRST program allows students to understand and plan a responsible way to repay student debt and comprehend how to better understand one’s financial decisions. While it is not monetary assistance, it offers a way to help create a way to find monetary …show more content…
Module 4 covers the four blocks of required clinical clerkships from January of year two to December of year three. Each block lasts twelve weeks. Block one covers internal and family medicine with an eight-week inpatient, four-week ambulatory requirement. Block two covers obstetrics/gynecology and pediatrics with a split six-week inpatient and ambulatory requirement for both. Block three covers surgery/anesthesia and clinical specialties (ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, orthopedics) with a nine-week impatient and ambulatory requirement for surgery/anesthesia and three weeks for clinical specialties. Block four covers psychiatry/substance abuse, neurology and emergency medicine with four weeks of impatient for psychiatry/substance abuse, four weeks ambulatory for psychiatry/substance abuse, and four weeks of both neurology and emergency medicine (“Module