# Legacy (Prior to 2024)

For MD students enrolled prior to Fall 2024, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai offers a comprehensive four-year curriculum that combines foundational scientific principles with core patient-care competencies, and extensive hands-on clinical experiences designed to provide students with a robust foundation in medical knowledge, research skills, and patient-centered care. Our curriculum additionally fosters leadership, self-directed learning, and career exploration preparing students to excel in diverse medical environments.

### Our Curricular Approach

The four-year MD curriculum nurtures understanding of the core medical sciences and patient care, while also fostering leadership skills and encouraging individual interests. Our ultimate goal is to equip students with the knowledge and skills required for a successful and fulfilling career in medicine.

Our curriculum also includes several curricular cornerstones that further amplify personal and professional growth:

* Built-in FlexTime is protected time for students to pursue self-directed learning, discovery, self-care, and leadership development opportunities. During Flex Time, students may choose to complete competency-based milestones or participate in relevant content sessions focused on themes such as mentorship, feedback, careers in medicine and science, and learning skills.
* InFocus weeks are innovative and immersive courses taught through all four years of the program. Each InFocus week centers on a vital topic for medical practice and biomedical research in the twenty-first century.
* Our regularly scheduled lecture series, “Frontiers in Medicine and Science,” supports the School's bench-to-bedside approach. Each session showcases cutting-edge translational biomedical research and demonstrates the real-world applications of scientific knowledge.
* Nexus Learning encompasses a range of optional courses geared toward students in Years One and Two, all of which provide insight to enhance the practice of medicine. Each course enables students to deepen their knowledge in particular areas of interest—or discover an entirely new discipline—as well as to engage with faculty and other students with shared interests.


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