Essential Principles of Medicine (EPOM)

In Essential Principles of Medicine (EPOM), students learn the core concepts in the three fundamental themes of science, patient care and physicianship required for the practice of medicine.

  • Science domains acquaint students with basic science principles.
  • Patient care teaches clinical skills.
  • Physicianship focuses on professionalism, ethics and humanism.

EPOM fuses scientific and clinical learning, and is organized into several units:

Pharmacology Week 1
Genetics Weeks 2 - 4
Cells, Tissues & Control Systems Weeks 5 - 8
Metabolism & Nutrition Weeks 9 - 11
Injury, Infection, Immunity & Repair Weeks 12 - 16
Neoplasia Week 17
Anatomy Weeks 1 - 17
Patient Care & Physicianship Weeks 1 - 17

Each unit is directed by a unit leader and incorporates a variety of educational methods including problem-based learning, 'flipped classrooms', longitudinal patient experiences, clinical skills workshops, office preceptorships, anatomic dissection, interactive sessions, small-group discussions and lectures.

Units

Course Director: Lotfi Chouchane, PhD, DSc

Associate Course Director: Mange Manyama, MD, PhD

Staff Support: ocs@qatar-med.cornell.edu