Human Blueprint and Architecture

School of Medicine

This course is designed to familiarize students with the structures, biomolecules, and processes that constitute life, human health, and disease at the molecular, cellular, and tissue level. Course materials will provide a mechanistic foundation for the medical curriculum that will help equip students with skills necessary to adapt to the practice of medicine in the future. Human Blueprint and Architecture will employ a coordinated and integrated approach to teaching underlying principles of biochemistry, cell and tissue biology, genetics, and pathology with an emphasis on medical conditions. Students also will be introduced to basic principles of anatomy and pharmacology in order to lay foundations for studies on organ systems and disease treatment. In order to provide a broad range of materials and relate molecular and cellular processes to the study of human disease, the course will utilize multiple learning modalities, including large group sessions, case-based learning (CBL) sessions, team-based learning (TBL) sessions, laboratory sessions, and interactive patient-oriented clinical case presentations. The course will be integrated with all other learning activities in the Foundations of Medical Knowledge phase. Required. First year.