Each block of the Phase 1 Curriculum has a minimum of two block directors whose specialties align with the content of that block. The blocks also have specialists that lecture within the block. Students will learn key principles and objectives through a variety of learning experiences focused on interactive and facilitated learning in both the classroom and clinical environments. UNMC encourages learning in small groups and extensively incorporates simulation into its clinical curriculum.
M1 Fall Semester
FUNDAMENTALS (M-ID 501)
Co-Director: Jesse Cox, MD
Co-Director: Travis McCumber, PhD
BLOOD, DEFENSES & INVADERS (M-ID 513)
Co-Director: Jonathan Ryder, MD
Co-Director: Geoffrey Thiele, PhD
Co-Director: Shelley Williams, MD
Co-Director: Andrea Zimmer, MD
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND INTEGUMENT (M-ID 504)
Co-Director: Amy Cannella, MD
Co-Director: Kim Latacha, PhD
M1 Spring Semester
CIRCULATORY (M-ID 505)
Co-Director: John Schleifer, MD
Co-Director: Amy Duhachek-Stapelman, MD
Co-Director: Pooneh Bagher, PhD
RESPIRATORY (M-ID 506)
Co-Director: Bryan Hackfort, PhD
Co-Director: Daniel Hershberger, MD
Co-Director: Sam Simet Chadwick, PhD
RENAL (M-ID 507)
Co-Director: Ryan Mullane, MD
Co-Director: Troy Plumb, MD
Co-Director: Steven Sansom, PhD
NEUROSCIENCES (M-ID 508)
Co-Director: Robert Norgren, PhD
Co-Director: Shannon Lynch, MD
Co-Director: Riley Machal, MD
Co-Director: Erin Smith, MD
M2 Fall Semester
GASTROINTESTINAL (M-ID 510)
Co-Director: Erika Boesen, PhD
Co-Director: Justin Mott, MD, PhD
Co-Director: Fedja Rochling, MBBCH
ENDOCRINE (M-ID 511)
Co-Director: Brian Boerner, MD
Co-Director: Shyamal Roy, PhD
GU/REPRODUCTIVE/DEVELOPMENTAL (M-ID 512)
Co-Director: Keely Cassidy, PhD
Co-Director: Karen Carlson, MD
Co-Director: Samuel David, MD
MULTI-ORGAN SYSTEMS: PRINCIPLES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, RHEUMATOLOGY, AND IMMUNOLOGY (M-ID 530)
Co-Director: Sara Bares, MD
Co-Director: Amy Cannella, MD
Co-Director: Andrea Zimmer, MD