Trinity School of Medicine offers a Pre-Medical program consisting of four (4) terms of college level courses in the sciences and humanities. The curriculum is designed to ensure that students acquire the proper foundation for the rigors of medical school at Trinity School of Medicine. In addition, this curriculum meets United States requirements for medical education required for licensure as a physician who has graduated from an international medical school.
Students whose academic background includes credit for courses in the curriculum will be awarded transfer credit. Due to a flexible scheduling model, Trinity School of Medicine will be able to provide a fast track course of study for most students requiring individual courses from the curriculum below. Transfer credits cannot exceed 59 hours. Please contact the Trinity School of Medicine Department of Admissions for your individualized study plan after your application has been received.
Courses and Credits
The following table lists the required courses with associated credit hours:
| Pre- Med Term | Course | Credits |
| Term One | ||
| Freshman Seminar | 1 | |
| First Aid - Basic Life Support (BLS) | 1 | |
| Medical terminology | 2 | |
| General Biology with lab | 4 | |
| Inorganic Chemistry with lab I | 4 | |
| English composition I | 4 | |
| Pre - Calculus | 4 | |
| 20 Credits | ||
| Term Two | ||
| Cell Molecular Biology I | 4 | |
| Inorganic Chemistry with lab II | 4 | |
| English composition II | 4 | |
| Calculus | 4 | |
| General Physics with lab I | 4 | |
| 20 Credits | ||
| Term Three | ||
| Cell Molecular Biology II | ||
| Organic Chemistry with lab I | 4 | |
| General Physics with lab II | 4 | |
| Statistics | 4 | |
| Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology | 6 | |
| Communication Skills I | 3 | |
| 25 Credits | ||
| Term Four | ||
| Organic Chemistry with lab I | 4 | |
| Philosophy and Ethics | 3 | |
| Research Methods | 3 | |
| Introduction to Psychology | 3 | |
| Introduction to Microbiology | 2 | |
| Introduction to Biochemistry | 2 | |
| Introduction to Genetics | 2 | |
| Communication Skills II | 3 | |
| Introduction to Laboratory Technology | 3 | |
| 25 Credits | ||
| 90 TOTAL | ||
Course summaries
Term One
Trinity will ensure that your study will be effective from day one. The freshman course familiarizes students with the specifics of our Trinity academic culture and the Trinity academic family of students, faculty, and staff. Under the guidance of the Dean of Students, every student will individually draft an academic Personal Development Plan and start to compile the academic Personal Portfolio file.
Every Trinity student is required to certify or re-certify in Basic Life Support as a freshman. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Trauma Evaluation and Management (TEAM), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and other advanced courses will be offered throughout the terms at Trinity Medicine.
This course will provide the necessary framework to learn the basic rules and elements of medical terms. The course will focus on how to break down medical terms into their components: prefix, suffix and root. By learning the individual parts of medical terms, students will be able to understand their origins, definitions and abbreviations in addition to pronunciation and spelling.
This course provides students with the concepts and factual knowledge in Biology. It covers the biological principles, organization of living matter, structure and functions of cell, tissues, organs and systems of the human body. It deals with fundamental life processes and concepts common to all living organisms. Emphasis is on the application of biological principles and concepts in the field of medicine. Course includes lab work.
This course provides students with the fundamental concepts of the chemical processes, enabling students to use chemical concepts in daily living and in the understanding of biochemistry. It covers matter, nomenclature of chemical compounds, chemical composition and properties of compounds and modern atomic theory. It includes atomic structure, chemical bonding; solutions, and gas laws. Topics are developed by thoughtful integration of laboratory and problem based instruction.
This course is designed to give students practice in writing. It helps students to understand the functions of writing and to communicate effectively. Students participate in a variety of writing tasks including preparing descriptions, writing summaries of readings, preparing drafts, and writing compositions.
This is a one term course which provides the foundation for calculus. Trigonometry, exponential, logarithmic and polynomial functions are taught here along with the concepts of limits and continuity. This course will include, critical thinking and decision making.
Term Two
This course places emphasis on developing an understanding of the concepts of Biology as a living process rather than a body of facts. It helps the students to understand the concepts of cell physiology and structure. All human systems, including the structures, actions and processes of the human body are covered. It enables the students to apply the biological knowledge and critical thinking to medical, environmental and social concerns. Course includes lab work.
The course is developed to emphasize the applications of chemistry in the field of medicine. Chemical reactions, equilibrium, acids and bases, electrochemistry and topics related to biochemistry are included. This course enables the students to improve their problem solving skills, and mathematical skills. The course structure is designed to enhance the connections between theory and practice by engaging students in sessions of integrated laboratory and lecture.
This course is designed to develop the writing skills of students. The course emphasizes precision in grammar, maturity of style and diction, clear organization of material, skill in methods of objective analysis and interpretation of literature. Students will develop skills in critical thinking, organization, and clear, precise communications.
This course is a conceptual study of units and dimensions of physical quantities, vectors and kinematics, laws of motion and its applications, work and energy, properties of matter, sound, oscillations, gravitation, fluid mechanics and thermal physics. Students perform experiments dealing with the basic laws of mechanics, vibration, circular motion, fluids, heat and thermal properties of materials.
Calculus deals with concepts of differentiation and integration and their applications. Students will learn to differentiate from first principles and from the use of the Product, Quotient, and Chain Rules, They will also nudge up against the applications of maxima and minima. In integration, they will apply the definite integral, calculate areas and volume, do mathematical modeling, and solve differential equations.
Term Three
This course covers basic principles of structure and nomenclature of organic compounds, both aliphatic and aromatic. It emphasizes the principles of chemical reactions of organic compounds and the synthesis or degradation of bio-molecules in human metabolism. Saturated hydrocarbons, unsaturated hydrocarbons, cis-trans isomerism and addition reactions are covered. Lab activities include the use of models for the design of hydrocarbon and isomer structures. Experiments such as purification or separation, physical characterization, reaction types, and synthesis of organic compounds are included.
This course provides basic knowledge in Biophysics. It enables the students to understand the concepts of human physiology. The course includes basic principles of electricity, electromagnetism, light and optics. Modern physics consists of quantum physics, relativity, atomic physics, nuclear physics and nuclear medicine. The course is designed to increase problem-solving and analytical thinking skills. Students perform experiments based on the principles of electricity, optics and atomic physics.
This course is an introduction to statistical concepts and analytical methods as applied to data in biomedical sciences. It emphasizes the basic concepts of quantitative analysis of data, and statistical inferences. Topics include probability, frequency distributions, central tendency and dispersion; hypothesis testing, confidence intervals for means, variances and proportions; the chi-square statistics; data analysis and linear correlation. The course provides students a foundation to evaluate information critically.
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the structure, function and regulation of the organ systems of the body and physiological integration of the systems to maintain homeostasis. Course content will include study of the musculoskeletal, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary, immune, reproductive, and endocrine systems. Students receive a quantitative and integrated concept of sub cellular, cellular and organ system functions. Students will understand the key principles in human anatomy and recognize the unique role of anatomy in clinical settings. The course covers the anatomical terminology to describe the basic structures of the human body.
This is a foundation course for the better understanding of the professional MD program courses like Histology & Cell Biology and Physiology. This course covers structure and functions of cells from molecular and biochemical perspectives. Various cell types, their organization into tissues, transport of substances into or outside the cell (exo- and endocytosis), signal transduction pathways, roles of different cellular organelle, cell division and protein synthesis are important topics in this course. Cell cycle, control of growth and tumor genesis are also taught here. Clinical studies and clinical case scenarios are used extensively to familiarize students with concepts needed in the practice of medicine.
This course exposes students to the basic communication strategies such as speaking, listening, observing and memory training.
Term Four
This course is a further study of the chemistry of carbon compounds from a functional group perspective. The course covers structure and nomenclature of specific organic compounds like alcohols, thiols, aldehydes, ketones, amines, esters and carboxylic acids. Emphasis is given on reactions, preparations, uses, and simple mechanisms. Lab activities are focused in the detection and identification of the presence of the functional groups studied in the course in molecules of biomedical relevance as proteins, drugs, and others.
The course engages students with three classical questions: 'What is real?'; 'How do we know?'' and 'How should we live?' The course gives students the opportunity to explore he world of medical concepts from both contemporary and historical perspectives. Students are provided with an apprenticeship in concept clarification, concept evaluation, and argument. They are taught the specific skills to inquire, reason, and make judgments. The history of medical ethics, major views medical issues such as the conflicts between different types of benefits to patients, physician duties, or patient autonomy are discussed.
This course introduces students to the two types of research; Qualitative and Quantitative and their associated research methods. Students will be provided with the skills needed to carry out intensive research and systematic analysis.
This course provides basic concepts of microbiology with emphasis on microbial pathogenesis and immunity. Medically important microorganisms including bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa, and the diseases which they produce are covered. The course focuses on human diseases caused by microorganisms, its prevention and treatment. The laboratory section illustrates the diagnostic applications of immunological and microbiological techniques related to human diseases.
The course is an introduction to the main fields and theories in Psychology and their respective theorists. This course will require that the students objectively analyze the contribution of these theorists and the implications of their theories. (topics in the field of psychology. The course content includes the biology of behavior, learning, memory, cognition, motivation, emotion, personality, abnormal behavior and its therapies, social behavior and individual differences. The course includes coverage of dealing effectively with the demands of everyday life, interpersonal relationships, and approaches to personal growth.)
This single term course offers the basics of medical genetics. The knowledge and skills acquired will help students understand more complicated concepts presented in the medical education program.
In medical genetics, students are expected to develop a basic understanding of Mendelian laws, pedigree studies, structure and replication of nucleic acids (DNA & RNA), gene expression, bacterial and viral genetics and population genetics.
This course builds on Communication Skills I and offers students practical experience in areas such as Public Speaking, Debating, Presentation Skills and Speech making.
This course provides an introduction to clinical applications of chemistry, hematology, immunohematology (blood banking), immunology, microbiology, serology, urinalysis and miscellaneous body fluid analysis, as well as to good laboratory practice (GLP) including standardization and quality assurance.