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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