Columbia-Bassett Program

Our Program

Five Columbia-Bassett students speak to each other in a clinical setting

The Columbia-Bassett program affords students a unique opportunity to gain in depth experience and training in healthcare systems and trauma responsive care. We also aim to support personal and professional growth in a meaningful way across the medical school experience.

To this end, we utilize a unique clinical educational model, the longitudinal integrated curriculum, and integrate two additional curricular threads across the four-year medical school experience focused on healthcare systems and trauma responsive care.

The four-year curriculum of the Columbia-Bassett Program takes place in both New York City and Cooperstown, NY. The first eighteen months are based on the New York City campus. After Fundamentals, students in Columbia-Bassett Program move to the Cooperstown campus, where they complete their Major Clinical Year (MCY). 

After MCY, all Columbia students complete the Differentiation and Integration (post MCY) phase of the curriculum.  This consists of acting internships, electives, scholarly project, residency application and interviewing.

The full resources of Columbia University are at the fingertips of all students, wherever the student is located.

Curriculum Structure

The Columbia-Bassett Program has a unique clinical educational model and integrates two additional curricular threads across the four-year medical school experience.

Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum

During their major clinical year in Cooperstown, Columbia-Bassett students follow their own panel of patients across many clinical events for the full year.

Rapid Inpatient Block

The major clinical year starts with a foundational 10-week block in the inpatient setting in order to provide early exposure to all parts of the hospital and all core clerkship specialties.

SLIM: Systems, Leadership, Integration, and Management

The SLIM curriculum enables students to lead transformative change in a healthcare system fraught with challenges.

Life Experiences Curriculum

The Life Experiences Curriculum provides meaningful exploration around how to better understand and respond to the impacts of trauma and life experiences in the complex systems within which we work.

Humanities

Columbia-Bassett strives to cultivate reflection, connection to community, and personal growth by incorporating experiences in the humanities across the three phases of the four-year curriculum.

Research

The Columbia-Bassett Research program provides opportunities to participate in research related to a major thematic area within the curriculum.