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Why does the PhD portion of the MD-PhD Program take only 3-4 years instead of 5?

April 26, 2017md-phd PHD portion program

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Why does the PhD portion of the MD-PhD Program take only 3-4 years instead of 5?

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The Graduate School Core Curriculum, a one year program, is waived for MD/PhD students as they have already completed the pre-clinical course work in the Medical School. In addition, MD/PhD students are required to have bi-annual research committee meetings to help keep them on track with their research.