Dartmouth Medical School

Dartmouth Medical School Students

System used is Honors/ High Pass/Pass/Fail. Promotion is by vote of the faculty and no student will be promoted who has not passed all courses. Taking Steps 1 and 2 of the USMLE is required; passing it is not. Teaching: The primary clinical teaching site is Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. The center serves a very large patient population. As a Level 1 Trauma Center, it treats many acute emergency cases.The Medical Center itself is a partnership of four organizations: Dartmouth Medical School, Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, and the VT Veterans Affairs Medical Center. It is a major center of transitional “bench to bedside” research. The center boasts a higher-than-average rate of patient participation in clinical trials. At Norris Cotton Cancer Center, fully 17% of patients enter into clinical trials. Other: Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth, the Spine Center, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Neurology. The flow of research is enhanced by two major research sites on the Lebanon campus. The Borwell and Rubin Research Buildings are the focal point of the Medical School’s research program. These facilities will be enhanced with the opening of the Advanced Imaging Center, and Transitional Research Building, as well as a new home for the Center. Libraries: The Dana Biomedical Library at the Medical School’s Hanover Campus, and the MatthewsFuller Health Sciences Library at the Medical Center have printed and digital books and journals, databases, indexes, computer programs, and audiovisual materials. Housing: Graduate housing is available. Most students live in off-campus housing.