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.
Answer Wiki. At the University of Washington, which is on the quarter system, the number of credits is supposed to correspond to the hours of that you spend in the classroom per week, so a four-credit course might have three hours of lecture and one hour of lab or quiz section per week.