Table 1.

Mapping of the ophthalmology and ENT courses within the curriculum

Phase I	Phase II		Phase III
First year Levels 1 and 2	Second year Levels 3 and 4	Third year Levels 5 and 6	Fourth year Levels 7 and 8	Fifth year Levels 9 and 10	Sixth year Levels 11 and 12
English	Orientation to integration	MSK system	History taking, communication skills	Rheumatology and orthopedic	Critical care
IT skills	Human body	Nutrition and growth	Physical examination	Neurology and neurosurgery	Family medicine
Scientific thinking skills	Principle of disease	GIT	Medical reasoning	Hematology and oncology	Health care management
Learning and study skills	Blood system	Urinary system	Laboratory medicine	Dermatology and plastic surgery	Forensic medicine
Introductory course	Immune system	Primary health-care	Basic imaging	ENT; two credit units	Research presentation
Communication skills	CVS	Research methodology	Gastroenterology and GIT surgery	Ophthalmolog; two credit units	Selective subspecialties
Physical education	Respiratory system	Volunteer services	Cardiology and cardiac surgery	Research publication	Patient with multiple problems
Natural premed sciences	Principle of research	Nervous system and special sense	Pulmonology and thoracic surgery	Women health	Emergency medicine
Health education		Endocrine system	Endocrinology and endocrine surgery	Child health	Elective III
Easy and research writing		Reproductive system	Nephrology and urology	Mental health
		Behavioral sciences Integumentary system Basic emergency Biostatistics and bioinformatics	Data management Elective I	Elective II
27 credit units	35	39	36	37	36
Total credit units of whole program		210

Abbreviations: CVS, cardiovascular system; ENT, ear, nose and throat; GIT, gastrointestinal; IT, information technology; MSK, musculoskeletal system; Premed, premedical.