What are the first two years of the MD program like currently?

The current first two years of the MD program uses two kinds of courses. There are “block courses” (three in first year, and one in second year) that occupy most of the time each week, and through lectures, seminars, small-group problem-based learning sessions and laboratory exercises, provides students with learning about the basic science and clinical topics that are the content of medicine. Two “continuity” courses each occupy one half-day per week: one teaches students about history-taking and physical examination (Art and Science of Clinical Medicine) and the other about community, population and public health issues.