The Skills and Science of Doctoring is a longitudinal, interdisciplinary module that spans the first two years of the curriculum. Within the first few weeks of medical school, students—in the very small precepted Patient Narrative unit—encounter patients and illness. Later in the first year and throughout the second year of training—in The Physician, Patient and Society I and II—they learn communication skills; grapple with questions of medical ethics, cultural diversity, disease prevention, and professionalism; and begin the development of clinical skills, including history-taking, physical examination, and evidence-based decision-making. These skills are reinforced and further developed during the Physical Diagnosis and Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Preventive Medicine units.