This required system-based block integrates the basic sciences into a study of the musculoskeletal system and integument in both health and disease. Each of the basic science topics is incorporated into an integrated body of knowledge utilizing both didactic and self-directed learning methods and clinical models.

Spring Semester

Number of students: 180

Required course for all first year medical students (MS1). 

Course Director: Robert Ablove, MD; Stuart Inglis, PhD; Lori Ullman, MD