Course Learning Objectives
Other Educational Objectives
- Doctor of Medicine Program Objectives
- Vital Experiences – applies to GC2024 and beyond
- Vanderbilt Core Clinical Curriculum (VC3) – applies to GC2023
Course Abbreviations
AI – Acting Internships
FCC – Foundations of Clinical Care
FHD – Foundations of Health Care Delivery
FMK – Foundations of Medical Knowledge
ISC – Integrated Science Courses
LC – Learning Communities
MIDP – Medical Innovators Development Program
VPIL – Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning
Document Name | Course Director(s) | Department | Course Type | Student Year | Student Phase |
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Addiction Psychiatry AI | Reid Finlayson, MD | Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Adolescent Medicine ACE | Neerav Desai, MD Mary Romano, MD | Pediatrics | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Adult Interventional Radiology ACE | Reza Imani-Shikhabadi, MD | Clinical Radiology & Radiological Sciences | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Adult Psych Consult-Liaison ACE | Jonathan Smith, MD | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Advanced Clinical Anesthesiology ACE | Britany Raymond, MD | Anesthesiology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Anatomical Pathology ACE | Jonathan Douds, MD Christopher O'Conor, MD, PhD | Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Brain, Behavior, & Movement | Eli Zimmerman, MD Meg Benningfield, MD, Kathy Niu, MD | Interdisciplinary | N/A | Y1 | Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK) |
Cardiac Critical Care AI | Lynn Punnoose, MD | Medicine | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Cardiac Surgery ACE | Melissa Levack, MD | Cardiac Surgery | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Cardiology AI | Lynn Punnoose, MD | Medicine | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Cardiovascular Diagnostics ACE | Shawn Gregory, MD | Medicine | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Cardiovascular Diseases ISC | David Meoli, MD, PhD Lisa Mendes, MD | Interdisciplinary | ISC | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Child & Adolescent Psych Consult ACE | Donald Pierce, MD | Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Clinical Applications of Scientific Evidence (CASE) | Todd Rice, MD, MSc | Office of Medical Student Research | Research Longitudinal | Y1 | Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK) |
Clinical Cancer Medicine ISC | Kim Dahlman, PhD Vicki Keedy, MD, MCSI | Interdisciplinary | ISC | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Clinical Dermatology ACE | John Zic, MD | Dermatology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Clinical Informatics ISC | Travis Osterman, DO, MS Dara Mize, MD, MS | Interdisciplinary, Biomedical Informatics | ISC | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Clinical Microbiology ACE | Charles Stratton, MD | Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Clinical Nephrology ACE | Anna Burgner, MD Saed Shawar, MBBS | Medicine | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Clinical Obstetrics ACE | Trenia Webb, MD | Obstetrics/Gynecology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Clinical Pathology ACE | Garrett S. Booth, MD, MS | Pathology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Community Healthcare ISC | Cooper Lloyd, MD Tiffany Israel, MSSW | Interdisciplinary | ISC | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Core Clerkship - Medicine | Nanette Dendy, MD Heather Ridinger, MD, MPHE | Medicine | Clerkship | Y2 | Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC) |
Core Clerkship - Neurology | Eli Zimmerman, MD Deborah Kerrigan, MD Adam Nagy, MD | Neurology | Clerkship | Y2 | Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC) |
Core Clerkship - OBGYN | Charles Rush, MD | Obstetrics/Gynecology | Clerkship | Y2 | Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC) |
Core Clerkship - Pediatrics | Maya Neeley, MD Travis Crook, MD | Pediatrics | Clerkship | Y2 | Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC) |
Core Clerkship - Psychiatry | Terako Amison, MD | Psychiatry | Clerkship | Y2 | Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC) |
Core Clerkship - Surgery | Steven Eskind, MD | Surgery | Clerkship | Y2 | Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC) |
Critical Care ACE | Todd Rice, MD | Medicine | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Critical Care, VAH AI | Julie A. Bastarache, MD | Medicine | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Critical Illness ISC | Jennifer King, MD Meredith Pugh, MD, MSCI Jeremy Walco, MD | Interdisciplinary | ISC | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Developmental Pediatrics and Genetics ACE | Angela Grochowsky, MD Rachel Goode, MD | Pediatrics | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Diabetes ISC | Alvin Powers, MD Tiffanie Marksbury, APN | Interdisciplinary | ISC | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Diagnostic Radiology ACE | Gregory Hall, MD | Radiology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Diagnostics & Therapeutics | Emily Mason, MD, PhD | Interdisciplinary | Longitudinal | Y2 | Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC) |
Discovery | Luke Finck, EdD, MA | Office of Medical Student Research | Research Longitudinal | Y2 | Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC) |
Emergency Care ISC | Kendra Parekh, MD, MHPE Saralyn Williams, MD | Interdisciplinary, Emergency Medicine | ISC | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Emergency Medicine ACE | Kendra Parekh, MD, MHPE Jeff Heimiller, MD Charles Lei, MD | Emergency Medicine | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Enhanced Experience in Emergency Medicine ACE | Jeff Heimiller, MD Charles Lei, MD Kendra Parekh, MD, MHPE | Emergency Medicine | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Endocrinology ACE | Leslee Matheny, MD | Medicine | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Enhanced Experience in Ophthalmology ACE | Janice Law, MD Reid Longmuir, MD | Ophthalmology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Enhanced Experience in Orthopedic Subspecialties ACE | Phillip Mitchell, MD | Orthopedics | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Enhanced Experience in Orthopedics ACE | Phillip Mitchell, MD | Orthopedics | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Family Planning ACE | Ivana Thompson, MD, MSCI | Obstetrics/Gynecology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery ACE | Carl Zimmerman, MD | Obstetrics/Gynecology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Foundations of Health Care Delivery - Clinical Systems of Care (FHD2 CSC) | Jennifer Green, MD, MPH Heather Ridinger, MD Kurt Smith, MD David Stevenson, PhD | Interdisciplinary | FHD Longitudinal | Y2 | Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC) |
Foundations of Health Care Delivery - Continuity Clinical Experience (FHD1 CCX) | Jennifer Green, MD, MPH Heather Ridinger, MD Kurt Smith, MD David Stevenson, PhD | Interdisciplinary | FHD Longitudinal | Y1 | Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK) |
Foundations of Health Care Delivery - Foundations of Health Policy and Health Economics (FHD Health Care Delivery Immersion III) | Jennifer Green, MD, MPH Heather Ridinger, MD Kurt Smith, MD David Stevenson, PhD | Interdisciplinary | FHD Longitudinal | Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Foundations of Health Care Delivery - Immersion Week I (Public Health, Population Health, and Prevention; Advanced Communication 1) | Jennifer Green, MD, MPH Heather Ridinger, MD Kurt Smith, MD David Stevenson, PhD | Interdisciplinary | FHD Longitudinal | Y3 | Immersion Phase |
Foundations of Health Care Delivery - Immersion Week II (Interprofessional Education 1; Advanced Communications 2) | Jennifer Green, MD, MPH Heather Ridinger, MD Kurt Smith, MD David Stevenson, PhD | Interdisciplinary | FHD Longitudinal | Y3 | Immersion Phase |
Foundations of Health Care Delivery - Interprofessional Education 2 (FHD IPE2) | Jennifer Green, MD, MPH Heather Ridinger, MD Kurt Smith, MD David Stevenson, PhD | Interdisciplinary | FHD Longitudinal | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Foundations of Health Care Delivery - Patient Safety (FHD PS) | Jennifer Green, MD, MPH Heather Ridinger, MD Kurt Smith, MD David Stevenson, PhD | Interdisciplinary | FHD Longitudinal | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Foundations of Health Care Delivery - Quality Improvement (QI) | Jennifer Green, MD, MPH Heather Ridinger, MD Kurt Smith, MD David Stevenson, PhD | Interdisciplinary | FHD Longitudinal | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Foundations of Health Equity I (FHE I) | Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI | Interdisciplinary | Longitudinal | Y2 | Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC) |
Foundations of Health Equity II | Bonnie Miller, MD | Interdisciplinary | Longitudinal | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Gastroenterology ACE | Shabnam Sarker, MD | Medicine | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
General Neurology ACE | Eli Zimmerman, MD Adam Nagy, MD Deborah Kerrigan, MD | Neurology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
General Orthopedics ACE | Phillip Mitchell, MD | Orthopedics | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Pediatric Neurology ACE | Kevin Ess, MD | Pediatrics | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Geriatric Medicine ACE | Jim Powers, MD | Medicine | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Geriatric Medicine AI | Mariu Duggan, MD, MPH | Medicine | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
GI Lap Surgery AI | Meredith Duke, MD, MBA | Surgery | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Global Health ISC | Marie Martin, PhD, MEd Dan Guiles, MD, MPH | Interdisciplinary | ISC | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Gynecologic Oncology ACE | Alaina Brown, MD | Obstetrics/Gynecology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Healthy Aging and Quality Dying ISC | Mariu Duggan, MD, MPH Andy Wooldridge, MD | Interdisciplinary | ISC | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Hematology-Oncology ACE | Olalekan Oluwole, MD Deva Sharma, MD | Medicine | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgery ACE | Martin Montenovo, MD | Surgery | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Homeostasis | Jonathan Douds, MD David Meoli, MD | Interdisciplinary | N/A | Y1 | Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK) |
How Doctors Think ISC | Cody Chastain, MD Travis Crook, MD Kendra Parekh, MD, MHPE, Chase Webber, DO FACP | Medicine | ISC | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Human Blueprint & Architecture | Neil Osheroff, PhD Cathy Pettepher, PhD | Interdisciplinary | N/A | Y1 | Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK) |
Infectious Diseases ISC | Christina Fiske, MD Holly Algood, PhD Isaac Thomsen, MD, MSCI | Interdisciplinary | ISC | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Injury Repair and Rehabilitation ISC | Shannon Eastham, MD | Interdisciplinary | ISC | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Introduction to Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ACE | Aaron Yang, MD | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Learning Communities (LC) FCC | Beth Ann Yakes, MD | Interdisciplinary | LC Longitudinal | Y2 | Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC) |
Learning Communities (LC) FMK | Beth Ann Yakes, MD | Interdisciplinary | LC Longitudinal | Y1 | Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK) |
Learning Communities (LC) Immersion | Beth Ann Yakes, MD | Interdisciplinary | LC Longitudinal | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Maternal Fetal Medicine ACE | Etoi A. Garrison, MD | Obstetrics/Gynecology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Maternal Fetal Medicine AI | Etoi A. Garrison, MD | Obstetrics/Gynecology | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Medical Ethics ACE | Joseph Fanning, PhD Keith Meador, MD | Medicine | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Medical Imaging and Anatomy ISC | Will Laxton, MD Scott Pearson, MD | Interdisciplinary | ISC | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Medical Oncology ACE | Vandana Abramson, MD | Medicine | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Medicine Hospitalist AI | Eleanor Weaver, MD | Medicine | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Medicine VA AI | Ian Campbell, MD | Medicine | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Medicine VU AI | Eleanor Weaver, MD | Medicine | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Microbes & Immunity | Ban Allos, MD Aaron Shaver, MD, PhD | Interdisciplinary | N/A | Y1 | Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK) |
MIDP Business and Entrepreneurship | Reed Omary, MD | Interdisciplinary | MIDP | Y3,Y4 | Immersion Phase |
MIDP IDEA Lab | Ryan Buckley, MD | Interdisciplinary | MIDP | Y3 | Immersion Phase |
MIDP Industry Immersion | Reed Omary, MD | Interdisciplinary | MIDP | Y4 | Immersion Phase |
MIDP Innovation Activism and Altruism | Charleson Bell, PhD | Interdisciplinary | MIDP | Y2 | Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC) |
Neonatology AI | Holly Engelstad, MD | Pediatrics | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Neurological Surgery ACE | Lola Chambless, MD | Neurological Surgery | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Neuroradiology ACE | Taylor Davis, MD | Radiology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Operative Gynecology ACE | Howard Curlin, MD | Obstetrics/Gynecology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Operative Gynecology AI | Howard Curlin, MD | Obstetrics/Gynecology | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Ophthalmology ACE | Janice Law, MD Reid Longmuir, MD | Ophthalmology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Opioid Crisis ISC | Rebecca Donald, MD David Edwards, MD | Interdisciplinary | ISC | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ACE | Samuel McKenna, MD | Surgery | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Otolaryngology ACE | Amy Whigham, MD | Otolaryngology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Palliative Care ACE | Maie El-Sourady, MD | Medicine | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Patient and Family Engagement Consult ACE | Lauren Sanlorenzo, MD Ryan Skeens, MD Laura Russell, MD | Pediatrics | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Pediatric Cardiology ACE | Kimberly Vera, MD | Pediatrics | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Pediatric Critical Care ACE | Jennifer King, MD | Pediatrics | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Pediatric Emergency Medicine ACE | Nicholas Jones, MD | Pediatrics | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Pediatric Endocrinology ACE | Jennifer Najjar, MD Jennifer Kelley, MD, MSCE | Pediatrics | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Pediatric Epilepsy ACE | Kevin Ess, MD, PhD | Pediatrics | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Pediatric Gastroenterology ACE | Annette Vannilam, MD | Pediatrics | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Pediatric Infectious Diseases ACE | Isaac Thomsen, MD, MSCI | Pediatrics | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Pediatric Medicine AI | Travis Crook, MD | Pediatrics | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Pediatric Nephrology ACE | Kathy Jabs, MD | Pediatrics | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine ACE | Paul Moore, MD | Pediatrics | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Pediatric Radiology ACE | Melissa Hilmes, MD Sudha Singhsudha, MD, MBBS | Radiology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Pediatric Surgery ACE | Irving Zamora, MD, MPH | Surgery | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Pediatric Surgery AI | Irving Zamora, MD, MPH | Surgery | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Perioperative Medicine and Surgical Home ACE | Britany Raymond, MD | Anesthesiology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Physical Diagnosis | Rachel Apple, MD, Anuj Patel, MD | N/A | N/A | Y1 | Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK) |
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation AI | Woody Morgan, MD | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Plastic Surgery ACE | Lauren Connor, MD | Surgery | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Plastic Surgery AI | Lauren Connor, MD | Surgery | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Post-Surgical Critical Care VAH ACE | John Barwise, MD | Surgery | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Primary Care Medicine ACE | Joe Gigante, MD Rachel Apple, MD, MPH | Medicine | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Psychotic Disorders ACE | Stephan Heckers, MD Max Schiff, MD, PhD | Psychiatry | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Pulmonary Consult ACE | Todd Rice, MD, MSCI | Medicine | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Radiation Oncology ACE | Zachary Kohutek, MD | Radiation Oncology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Renal & Digestion | Rishi Naik, M.D. Agnes Fogo, M.D. Gautam Bhave, M.D. | Interdisciplinary | N/A | Y1 | Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK) |
Reproduction & Endocrine | Jennifer Gordetsky, MD, Cathy Pettepher, PhD, Andrea Utz, MD, Leo Maldonado, MD | Interdisciplinary | N/A | Y1 | Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK) |
Rheumatology ACE | Sallaya Chinratanalab, MD | Medicine | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Sexual Medicine and Reproduction ISC | Mary Romano, MD, MPH Melissa Kaufman, MD, PhD | Interdisciplinary | ISC | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Shade Tree Clinic Community Healthcare ACE | Rober Miller, MD Eleanor Weaver, MD M. Cooper Lloyd, MD | Medicine | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Spanish Language Pediatric Clinic ACE | Adriana Bialostozky, MD | Pediatrics | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Stroke ACE | Eli Zimmerman, MD Adam Nagy, MD | Neurology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Stroke AI | Deborah Kerrigan, MD Eli Zimmerman, MD Adam Nagy, MD | Neurology | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Surgery Critical Care ACE | Shannon Eastham, MD | Surgery | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Surgery, VAH AI | Shannon McChesney, MD | Surgery | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery ACE | Collen Kiernan, MD | Surgery | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery AI | Collen Kiernan, MD | Surgery | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
The Skinny on Obesity ISC | Robb Flynn, PhD B. Gisella Carranza Leon, MD | Interdisciplinary | ISC | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Thoracic Surgery ACE | Erin Gillaspie, MD, MPH | Surgery | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Trauma ACE | Jill Streams, MD | Medicine | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Trauma AI | Jill Steams, MD | Medicine | AI | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Urology ACE | Abby Taylor, MD | Urology | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Vascular Surgery ACE | C.L. Garrard, MD | Surgery | ACE | Y3, Y4 | Immersion Phase |
Research Immersion | Luke Finck, EdD, MA | Office of Medical Student Research | Research Longitudinal | Y3,Y4 | Immersion Phase |
PLAN | Carlos Grijalva, MD, MPH | Office of Medical Student Research | Research Longitudinal | Y3,Y4 | Immersion Phase |
VPIL 1 | Calvin Gruss, MD | Interprofessional | Y1 | Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK) | |
VPIL 2 | Melissa Hilmes, MD | Interprofessional | Y2 | Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC) |