Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education

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The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education is a seven-year medical program that was established at The City College of the City University of New York in New York City. It offers an integrated baccalaureate education with preclinical medical education and has a twofold mission: to expand access to medical careers among inner-city youths, particularly among underrepresented minorities, and to encourage the pursuit of primary care specialties among its graduates.

1 History
2 Programs Offered
3 Location
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

Established in 1973 to address the growing need in the United States -- especially in inner city areas -- for primary care physicians, the school began as a destination for talented New York City high school graduates of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. More than ninety percent of the students who attend come from the lowest income tax bracket. The school is located in Harlem and nearby low-income projects. Its has a rigorous course curriculum where most of its graduates become general physicians.

It is named after Sophie Kesten, who was Leonard Davis's wife, because Mr. Davis, a graduate of CCNY, was a major benefactor of the school.

[edit] Programs Offered

BS/MD (Bachelor of Science / Medical Doctorate)
PA (Physician's Assistant)

The BS/MD program involves a course in the biomedical and social sciences. Students start the first five years taking undergraduate courses and progressing to medical courses. The very first medical course taken is Molecules to Cells, a combination of biochemistry and medical cell biology. Next, they begin traditional medical school courses with Gross Anatomy and onwards. The following programs that are the medical courses taken, are shown below, organized by year:

First Year (Fall)

Biology of Organisms

Biology of Organisms (Lab)

General Physics I

General Physics I (Lab)

English

World Civilizations

First Year (Spring)

General Chemistry

General Chemistry Lab

General Physics II

General Physics II (Lab)

World Humanities I or II

Second Year (Fall)

Organic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry (Lab)

Genetics

Biostatistics

Biostatistics (Lab)

Second Year (Spring) / Third Year (Fall)

Molecules to Cells I, II

Health, Medicine, and Society I, II, III, IV

Philosophy of the Rational Animal

Third Year (Spring)

Structure (Gross Anatomy/ Embryology / Organ Imaging / Histology)

Neuroscience

Fourth Year (Fall)

Behavioral Medicine

Systemic Functions

Patient-Doctor I

Health, Medicine, and Society V

Fourth Year (Spring)

Medical Pharmacology

Host Defense, Immunology, and Pathogenesis

Patient-Doctor II

Fifth Year (Fall)

System Pathology

Introduction to Clinical Medicine I

Clinical Decision Making and Evidence-Based Medicine

Fifth Year (Spring)

Physical Diagnosis

Introduction to Clinical Medicine II

[edit] Location

Address: 160 Convent Ave, Harris Hall, Room 107, New York, NY 10031

In 2003 it moved into its permanent home in Townsend Harris Hall, which had been renovated as part of CCNY's Terra Cotta Restoration Project, and to build modern teaching capabilities into its classrooms, seminar rooms, a long-distance conference room, and teaching laboratories.