Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Medicine (BSMed) leading to Doctor of Medicine (MD)

Phase I

During Phase I (years 1-3) students gain knowledge in the basic medical sciences: general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, biology, anatomy, histology, biochemistry, physiology, genetics, microbiology and virology, immunology, pharmacology, medical genetics, general pathology, medical sociology, medical psychology, medical ethics, research methods in medicine and essential medical statistics. Under supervision, students will have the opportunity to meet selected patients in local hospitals and clinics to practice these basic skills.

Phase II

During the second semester of Phase II (year 4) students take courses in haematology, systematic pharmacology, epidemiology and public health, and clinical pathophysiology. They also carry out a research project. In the second semester of Phase II the students take a course in clinical practice in which they build on the clinical and communication skills they developed during the previous years. Students also take courses clinical practice where they develop the important clinical and communications skills required for medicine. The students will visit local hospitals, clinics and the community to further practice the skills they have learnt and gain first-hand experience of how medicine is practiced in these settings.

Progressing from Phase II to Phase III

In order to progress from Phase II to Phase III for the Doctor of Medicine (MD) program, students must pass the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1. Taking the USMLE is also the first part of the process of becoming a physician in the United States.

The R. L. Barua College of Health Science at Newport University provides the students in the MD Program with the opportunity to take USMLE Step 1 Practice Tests which are offered through the National Board of Medical Examiners. The questions in these practice tests are derived from the USMLE Bank of Questions, which is used to generate the official USMLE Step 1 Examination.

Phase III

The objectives of Phase III (years 5 and 6) are to provide students with extensive experience in the clinical environment under the arrangement of our affiliated hospitals in Bangladesh, EU, US, Canada, and Caribbean countries, mainly in hospitals but also in the community, so that they can utilize their learning over the previous 4 years to practice their clinical, communication, diagnostic and reasoning skills on real patients, and to learn about the management of patients, from a medical, therapeutic, surgical, psychosocial and caring perspective.

The Clinical Science Program is designed to give students a broad spectrum of medical practice, training in clinical skills, and patient contact. The program consists of an eighth semester at our Dhaka campus, as well as core and elective rotations completed at Bangladesh, U.S. and Canadian teaching hospitals affiliated with the Newport University. Students can choose from dozens of electives focused on a variety of specialty medical fields. These electives serve to provide the necessary credits for graduation while increasing the student’s exposure to a variety of specialties in the medical field. This includes the option of going abroad for their elective.

During Phase III, students for clinical training will need an appropriate knowledge of English so that they can better communicate with patients. The R. L. Barua College of Health Science at Newport University provides integrated English-language lessons during the first 4 years of the course to prepare students for this requirement.