Module Schedule

Legend & Acronyms

  • Red = Assessments

  • CCSG - Clinical Correlate Small Group

  • NBME CAS - National Board of Medical Examiners Customized Assessment Services

  • PTP - Patient Presentation

  • LEC - Lecture


Week 1: Signal Transduction, Enzymology, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics

Day and Date
Sessions

Monday, August 4, 2025

INT: Introduction to MCG

LEC: Principles of Signal Transduction

LEC: Gs, Gi, Gq Pathways

LEC: RTKs, Non-Receptor TKs

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

LEC: Enzymes and Enzyme Kinetics

LEC: Enzyme Kinetics and PD 1

LEC: PD 2

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

LEC: PK 1

LEC: PK 2

LEC: PK 3

QUIZ 1 opens CCSG Basics 1 opens

Friday, August 8, 2025

CCSG: SCA

LEC: Protein Quality Control LEC: Secretory Pathway I

LEC: Secretory Pathway II


Week 2: Protein Quality Control, Secretory Pathway, Intra- and Inter-cellular Architecture, Gene Expression

Day and Date
Sessions

Sunday, August 10, 2025

CCSG Basics 2 opens

Monday, August 11, 2025

LEC: Protein Trafficking

LEC: Cytoskeleton Intracellular Motility, Cilia

LEC: Cell Junctions, ECM

PTP: Marfan Syndrome

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

CCSG: PK

LEC: Overview of Gene Expression, DNA Structure

LEC: Gene Expression, Transcription Initiation

LEC: Transcription Elongation, Regulation of Transcription

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

LEC: Epigenetics, Pre-mRNA Processing

LEC: Splicing, Translation Factors

LEC: Translation, Regulation of Translation

LEC: RNA Analysis, PCR Applications

QUIZ 1 opens CCSG Basics 3 opens

Friday, August 15, 2025

CCSG: Familial Hypercholesterolemia


Week 3: Carbohydrate and Fatty Acid Metabolism

Day and Date
Sessions

Monday, August 18, 2025

LEC: Metabolism Introduction

LEC: Glycolysis

LEC: Fates of Pyruvate

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

LEC: Krebs Cycle

LEC: Cytosolic-Mitochondrial Shuttles, Pentose Phosphate Pathway

LEC: Glycogen Metabolism

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

LEC: Gluconeogenesis

LEC: Fatty Acid Oxidation, Ketone Bodies

LEC: Fatty Acid and Eicosanoid Synthesis, Cholesterol Metabolism

PTP: Diabetes

QUIZ 3 opens

Friday, August 22, 2025

MID-MODULE NBME CAS EXAMINATION (PROCTORED)


Week 4: Bioenergetics, ROS, Nitrogen Metabolism

Day and Date
Sessions

Monday, August 25, 2025

LEC: Bioenergetics

LEC: ROS

LEC: Metabolism of a Amino Group of Amino Acids LEC: Methylation Reactions

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

LEC: Metabolism of 1-C Fragments

LEC: Nucleotide and Deoxynucleotide Metabolism

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

LEC: Amino Acid Catabolism-Anabolism

LEC: Amino Acids as Precursors to Molecules

LEC: Metabolism of Heme

QUIZ 4 opens

CCSG Basics 4 opens

Friday, August 29, 2025

CCSG Metabolism

LEC: Metabolic Interrelationships

PTP: Homocystinuria


Week 5: Genome Maintenance, Cell Cycle, Cancer Cell

Day and Date
Sessions

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

LEC: DNA Replication

LEC: DNA Repair and Recombination

LEC: Mitosis/Meiosis

LEC: Cell Cycle Progression

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

LEC: Cell Cycle Checkpoints and Cancer

LEC: Oncogenes, Tumor Suppressor Genes

LEC: Cancer Pathways, Apoptosis QUIZ 5 opens

CCSG Basics 5 opens

Friday, September 5, 2025

CCSG: Lung Cancer


Week 6: Genetic Inheritance and Disease, Population Genetics, Pharmacogenetics

Day and Date
Sessions

Monday, September 8, 2025

LEC: Chromosomes, Cytogenetics I

LEC: Chromosomes, Cytogenetics II

LEC: Small Genetic Variations

PTP: Lung Cancer

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

LEC: Mendelian Inheritance of Disease I

LEC: Mendelian Inheritance of Disease II

LEC: Non-Mendelian Inheritance of Disease

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

LEC: Genetics of Complex Diseases I

LEC: Genetics of Complex Diseases II

LEC: Population Genetics

LEC: Pharmacogenetics

QUIZ 6 opens

Friday, September 12, 2025

END-OF-MODULE NBME CAS EXAMINATION (PROCTORED)


Note: The Department of Medical Education has the authority to adjust session dates due to unforeseen circumstances. Students are encouraged to subscribe to the Phase 1, Semester 1 Schedule on the Google Calendar and check it daily for any updates or changes to the schedule.

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