In addition to the basic requirements of college, medical school and residency, some physicians choose to go on to programs called fellowships. A fellowship program offers one to three years of additional training for specialty fields.
Quarter credit hours represent proportionately less work than semester hours due to the shorter terms, about two-thirds of a semester credit hour. Thus, a bachelorâs degree at an institution on the quarter calendar may require a minimum of 180 quarter hours, which compares to 120 semester hours.
An institution may use the clock hours of instruction currently in place if the institutionâs accrediting agency recognizes student work outside of class as additional clock hours which combined with the instructional clock-hours is at least 37.5 clock hours for 1 semester/trimester credit hour or 25 clock hours for 1 quarter credit hour.