The Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences defines its curriculum as a competency-based curriculum built on the 6 ACGME (American Council of Graduate Medical Education) core competencies of medical knowledge, patient care, interpersonal and communication skills, practice-based learning and improvement, systems-based practice, and professionalism to ensure that students acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes by the end of the MD program . The MD program is a four-year-program consisting of two years of basic or pre-clinical sciences, MED I and MED II, and two years of clinical clerkships, MED III and MED IV.