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.
You should know, if you're comparing schools, that higher education institutions count credits in different ways. AIU, for instance, measures credits in quarter hours. Other schools measure credits in semester hours. (For comparison's sake, 180 quarter hours equals 120 semester hours.)