Table 1.

Overview of the curriculum for the year

June–August	Kickoff event
	Intensive Summer Institute for 5 weeks scholar have one free day each week for lab (thesis) work, depending on rotations
Fall quarter	Directed reading of the literature
	Grant writing course
	Learning groups meet monthly (1 hour)
	Patient management conference (2 hours)
	Group trip to local scientific conference (optional)
Winter quarter	Molecular mechanisms of disease
	Learning groups meet monthly (1 hour)
	Patient Management Conference (2 hours)
Spring quarter	Team science course
	Learning groups meet monthly (1 hour)
	Patient Management Conference (2 hours)
	Day trip to local biotechnology companies, such as Genentech (optional)
	Wrap‐up event