Glossary of Terminology
VUSM – Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
SOM – School of Medicine
SON – School of Nursing
FMK Phase – Foundations of Medical Knowledge, first-year curriculum
- HBA: Human Blueprint and Architecture – Biochemistry, Cell Biology, and Genetics
- M&I: Microbes and Immunity
- Homeostasis – Heart, Lung, Blood and Kidney
- EDR: Endocrine, Digestion, and Reproduction
- BBM: Brain, Behavior, and Movement – Musculoskeletal and Head Anatomy, Neurology and Psychiatry
- LC: Learning Communities – Professional Development
- PDX: Physical Diagnosis
- Res: Research –Clinical Applications of Scientific Evidence (CASE)
- FHD: Foundations of Health Care Delivery
- CCX: Continuity Clinical Experience
- VPIL: Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning
FCC Phase – Foundations of Clinical Care, second-year curriculum
- Students take standard clerkships
- MED: Medicine
- PED: Pediatrics
- PSYCH: Psychiatry
- NEUR: Neurology
- SURG: Surgery
- OBGN: Obstetrics/Gynecology
- FHD: Foundations of Health Care Delivery
- VPIL: Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning
- LC: Learning Communities
- Res: Research – Discovery
- D&T: Diagnostics and Therapeutics (longitudinal to coincide with specific clerkships)
IMM Phase – Immersion, third- and fourth-year curriculum
- ACE: Advanced Clinical Experience
- AI: Acting Internship
- AE: Advanced Elective
- ISC: Integrated Science Course
- PC: Primary Care
- Res: Research – PLAN
- Rsrch Imm: Research Immersion
- FHD: Foundations of Health Care Delivery