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LCME Element 7.1 - Foundational Medical Knowledge

Element 7.1: Foundational Medical Knowledge

August 11, 2026

LCME Element 7.1 – Foundational Medical Knowledge

The faculty of a medical school through its curriculum governance process ensures that the medical education curriculum includes content from the biomedical, behavioral, and socioeconomic sciences to support medical students’ mastery of the knowledge and concepts of contemporary medical science knowledge and includes the scientific principles of basic biomedical, clinical, and translational research and how such research is conducted, evaluated, and applied to patient care.

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