PCOM, PCOM Georgia, and PCOM South Georgia

Department website: https://www.pcom.edu/academics/programs-and-degrees/biomedical-sciences/

During Spring Term of 1st Year, Students Choose a Concentration for 2nd Year. See Concentration Tabs Above

Combined training in the fields of Biomedical Sciences and Forensic Medicine provides students in the Forensic Biology Concentration with an array of engaging career options. The Forensic Biology Concentration focuses on the emerging demand for medico-legal investigations by medical examiner staff and provides a foundation in forensic investigations as well as autopsy skills.

The Forensic Biology Concentration students receive practical instruction through coursework and an integrated capstone course. Coursework is a combination of online instruction and mostly scheduled as intensive weekend sessions (Friday-Sunday). 

As one of the only forensic medicine programs in the region developed and overseen by a board-certified forensic pathologist, all within a medical school environment, PCOM's Master of Science (MS) in Biomedical Sciences with a concentration in Forensic Biology is uniquely positioned to prepare its graduates for success in the field.

Locations

This concentration is only offered at the Philadelphia campus. Students at our Georgia campuses who wish to pursue this option will be required to travel to the Philadelphia campus at least one weekend each month and complete a capstone project.

Program Requirements

PCOM Georgia

Biomedical Sciences– General Studies Capstone concentration
This concentration’s upper-level curriculum involves seminars and the composition and presentation of an original manuscript supervised by members of the PCOM faculty on the Georgia (Suwanee) campus location. The curriculum consists of Required and Elective credits, with a total of 24 credits required. Students will be exposed to diverse, relevant, cutting-edge topical areas in biomedical sciences including genetics, microbiology, physiology, pharmacology, virology, neuroscience, and nutritional biochemistry. Courses are offered at the Georgia (Suwanee) campus location.

Upon completion of the General Studies concentration curriculum, the student is expected to be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of specific coursework topical information and research methodology.
• Demonstrate competency in the following skills:
  • Development of research design.
  • Approaches to quantitation of results.
  • Written and oral presentation of research.
• Apply their knowledge and skills toward:
  • Entry into/progression through a variety of industrial fields.
  • Entry into/progression through careers in teaching multiple academic levels.
  • Continuation in a variety of advanced graduate and professional studies.

Program Requirements

After completing foundational coursework, students meeting the program’s academic success criteria will have the opportunity to advance to a two-course summer term to complete their master’s degree before beginning medical school or pursuing other professional or academic options.

Program Requirements

Research concentration students will have the opportunity to work one-on-one with a faculty mentor on a novel research project that will advance scientific understanding, culminating in a research thesis and presentation.

Program Requirements

Upon completion of the Translational Life Sciences Concentration, the student will be able to:

• identify risks and design process controls to reduce risk to product quality.
• determine the correct classification of medical devices in order to design an appropriate development strategy.
• identify primary and secondary clinical trial targets to demonstrate product safety and efficacy.
• describe the medical device and pharmaceutical Quality Systems, and how those systems enable organizations to consistently produce products that are of the purported quality and safety, and meet user needs.
• describe what needs to be studied and demonstrated during medical device and drug product development.
• determine effective ways to monitor and predict product process performance.
• demonstrate practical use of risk management tool.

Program Requirements