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
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
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
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
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
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
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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