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A student who has been admitted to, or is currently attending Rush Medical College, may apply for admission to the concurrent MD/PhD program in the Division of Biochemistry. The program is tailored to each individual student's needs. Normally, the student first completes the required preclinical courses at Rush Medical College and passes Step 1 of the USMLE. The student may then begin work in the graduate program, which should require no more than three additional years. Following the completion of graduate work, the student resumes his/her studies in the clinical clerkships. Resumption of the MD program is permitted only upon assurances by the Division of Biochemistry that the PhD work has been completed. Alternately, the medical student may complete the medical college requirements for graduation before starting work toward the PhD degree. The participant in the concurrent MD/PhD program will be expected to fulfill the requirements set by the Credentials Subcommittee of the Graduate Program Committee. This would include formal course requirements at the appropriate level, passing of the Preliminary Examination, and submission of a high quality dissertation based on original research work. Many formal course requirements for the PhD degree will be met by the Rush Medical College preclinical courses. It is expected that most if not all formal course requirements will be completed by the end of the first academic year in the program. The remainder of the student's time is expected to be spent in research activities. The MD/PhD program must be completed within seven years. Alternately, a student may enter the MD/PhD program through Rush Medical College, which identifies a maximum of two MD/PhD students per year at the time of their admission to Rush Medical College. Such students receive medical school tuition waivers for the fourth year of their medical education, providing they complete requirements for their PhD degrees before resuming their fourth year of medical studies. The details of this program may be obtained from associate dean in the Office of Medical Student Programs in Rush Medical College.
Students admitted to Rush Medical College may take time from their medical studies to pursue an MS degree. These students receive a tuition waiver, but receive no stipend. The requirement of 51 credit hours for the MS is the same as for the PhD degree. However, the medical students will receive some credit for their medical classes toward their master's degree credit hour requirement.
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