A year-long clinical immersion experience that exposes students to the medical disciplines and experiences essential to becoming a physician. The year consists of 1-month to 3-month clinical rotations in medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, neurology, psychiatry, and radiology at a single site, supplemented by mentoring and assessment. Students also complete the longitudinal experiences: the multidisciplinary PCE case conferences, the Primary Care Clerkship, and the Developing Physician course.

Course goals and objectives are available to enrolled students in Canvas under each course site. Clerkship faculty who do not have a Canvas account can refer to email correspondence from your clerkship site director.

Requirement checklists are available to enrolled students and course faculty in OASIS.

PCE/Clerkship Curriculum Support Contact: Sally Bartlett

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

PCE Director:Alexandra Hovaguimian
UME Associate Dean: Katharyn Meredith Atkins
PCE Manager: Naomi Montill

Boston Children’s Hospital – Pediatrics for BIDMC and BWH

Associate Dean for UME: Katherine O’Donnell
PCE Coordinator: Winnie (Su Wen) Yu—SuWen.Yu@childrens.harvard.edu

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

PCE Director and Associate Dean for UME: Erik Alexander
PCE Manager: Alexander McGillivray - AMCGILLIVRAY@PARTNERS.ORG

Cambridge Health Alliance

PCE Director and Associate Dean for UME: David Alan Hirsh
CIC Coordinator: Erin Reilly - ereilly@challiance.org

Massachusetts General Hospital

PCE Director and Associate Dean for UME: Alberto Puig
PCE Manager: Lisa Neville - LMNEVILLE@mgh.harvard.edu

POST-PCE

One of the greatest features of the Pathways curriculum is the opportunity for students to customize their route through Years III and IV to prepare optimally for whatever aspect of the profession of medicine that has attracted their curiosity and passion. While rigorous demands and high expectations will be set for students in Years III and IV, the expanded time following the PCE allows for considerable flexibility as students pursue advanced integrated science courses, clinical and non-clinical electives, and scholarly research projects, and take advantage of myriad opportunities across Harvard University and around the world.

Overall Course Director: Mary Montgomery mwmontgomery@bwh.harvard.edu
BWH Course Director: Mary Montgomery mwmontgomery@bwh.harvard.edu
BIDMC Course Director: Vilas Patwardhan vpatward@bidmc.harvard.edu & Marisa Jupiter mjupiter@bidmc.harvard.edu
CHA Course Director: Frances Ue fue@cha.harvard.edu
MTAH Course Director: David Miller dmiller3@mah.harvard.edu
MGH Course Director: Benjamin Davis btdavis@mgh.harvard.edu

Elective Courses

Please note that the curriculum is undergoing continuous review and improvement and is subject to change at any time.

Last updated 3/11/2024

Pathways Curriculum Phases:

PRECLERKSHIP

PDW 101 & PDW 102 Professional Development Weeks

PWY 110 Immunity in Defense and Disease (IDD) (link coming soon)

PWY 210: BRIDGES I (link coming soon)

PWY 211: BRIDGES II (link coming soon)

PCE (PRINCIPAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE)

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston Children’s Hospital – Pediatrics for BIDMC and BWH

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Cambridge Health Alliance

Massachusetts General Hospital

POST-PCE

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