ok- thanks
If you had such concerns prior to matriculation, you should not have chosen to attend RVU in the first place.
What a waste of web space this post is.
At the same time, I am not surprised to be seeing something like this already.
This is the BEST news I've heard all week. RVU not only put osteopathic medicine at risk, but medicine as a whole at risk: The shutting down of RVU would be a big win for doctors.
It's the truth. Many of the concerns about a for-profit med school were aired well before the current drama. To sound the alarm now is a tad late in the game.
As for it being a waste of webspace *shrug*. You have your opinion, I have mine. Say hello to Cundari for me.
Yes it is true but its an ad hominem argument...anyway, we need to talk about the problem at hand, which is the damage this crap can do to our future professional reputations.
I don't roll with Cundari
board is interesting! :http://www.rockyvistauniversity.org/board.asp
Interesting .... how??
Besides the lawyer and the chief (Tien or whatever) it seemed responsible to me. Clinical and teaching physicians?? Seems okay from the surface, I'd be interested to hear other people's thoughts.
out of 8 board members, only 3 are DOs. 3 are directly linked to the business of RVU. Tien is the owner, Lucy Chua, MD is his wife, and Mr.Black is a lawyer of their business.
out of 8 board members, only 3 are DOs. 3 are directly linked to the business of RVU. Tien is the owner, Lucy Chua, MD is his wife, and Mr.Black is a lawyer of their business.
Dr. Kaplan is listed at the current Chief Academic Officer of the American University of the Caribbean in this news from AUC: http://www.aucmed.edu/30th-anniversary/news-events.html.
Does anyone believe that RVU is anything more than a branch campus of AUC? Basically, the "independent" board is AUC, with a couple of Colorado tokens thrown in. Why not just change the name to AUCCOM and stop the pretense?
Dr. Kaplan is listed at the current Chief Academic Officer of the American University of the Caribbean in this news from AUC: http://www.aucmed.edu/30th-anniversary/news-events.html.
Does anyone believe that RVU is anything more than a branch campus of AUC? Basically, the "independent" board is AUC, with a couple of Colorado tokens thrown in. Why not just change the name to AUCCOM and stop the pretense?
Dr. Kaplan is listed at the current Chief Academic Officer of the American University of the Caribbean in this news from AUC: http://www.aucmed.edu/30th-anniversary/news-events.html.
Does anyone believe that RVU is anything more than a branch campus of AUC? Basically, the "independent" board is AUC, with a couple of Colorado tokens thrown in. Why not just change the name to AUCCOM and stop the pretense?
Dr. Kaplan is listed at the current Chief Academic Officer of the American University of the Caribbean in this news from AUC: http://www.aucmed.edu/30th-anniversary/news-events.html.
Does anyone believe that RVU is anything more than a branch campus of AUC? Basically, the "independent" board is AUC, with a couple of Colorado tokens thrown in. Why not just change the name to AUCCOM and stop the pretense?
There could be two different Bruce Kaplans. I can't imagine AUC putting a DO as their chief academic officer. I guess it's possible, but can one guy be a professor at Michigan State COM, a board member at RVU, and an administrator at a Caribbean medical school all at the same time?
Before attending school, my liberal, anti-capitalistic, peaceful ways had an issue with the idea of "for profit"....but I REALLY wanted to be a D.O. and be in Colorado. Frankly I felt like I could really trust the staff and folks at RVU with my future. That was then....as soon as school started my only issues were getting through exams- just like all med students.
BUT I when I take a step back I can realize the potential concern for future classes (after the profits start). But, I have to keep optimistic that our class and those after ours will be instrumental in making sure that our school continues with it's goals and demonstration of excellence.
Well, I'll be damned. That guy has his hands in everything.
Calling all DOs/MDs alike, the AOA/AMA, Student Doctors - and those who have yet to matriculate but care for the profession and practice of medicine:
We are in desperate need of your help, your voice, and your support.
What we all feared would happen has occured - and sooner than expected.
There have been many recent changes at RVUCOM. We have all been deceived by nothing more than a "bait and switch" scheme. We must make our stand - our voices heard - NOW. The financier of RVUCOM (Yife Tien) has reared his deceptive head and has terminated the Board of Trustees composed of prominent Osteopathic Physicians for the sole purpose of removing Dean Ronnie Martin after a failed faculty vote - and a unanimous physician vote by the board to retain Dean Martin. The only way for Yife Tien to underhandedly remove the dean was to get rid of the Board of Trustees at the urging of only a select few (literally 3) faculty professors who didn't like the direction of their dean or the Board of Trustees. It was a "power grab" by nothing more than deceitful "employees" who somehow gained the upperhand by threatening to resign. The corporate structure allowed this type of posturing - a true, autonomous Board of Trustees composed of physicians could have prevented this type of manipulation by one business man. This faculty minority - as well as Yife Tien, did not consider the repercussions of terminating a board of regional physicians and treating them with so little respect. Nor did they consider what this would mean to their students and the community.
In the process, these disgruntled professors deceitfully threw their weight around through threats of resignation and Yife Tien chose to listen because he now saw something to gain, and even sooner than he anticipated. Yife Tien has spit in the face of Osteopathic Medicine and has revelealed his true desire to make all the calls regarding the direction of RVUCOM. This minority of greedy professors - along with "chancellor" Tien, have not considered the welfare of the students, and evidently have not considered the timeline of revealing their true intent. They've severely underestimated our power AS STUDENTS and PHYSICIANS to make a stand in the face of their deceitful practices. Our interests as students are no longer being protected or guided by regional physicians here in Colorado, but rather by two professors who sit but briefly on their thrones as "interim" deans of OUR medical school. These professors are from other states who left their previous teaching positions under suspicious circumstances, details of which will come to light momentarily and are sure to be expounded by their former students and colleagues. They are capable teachers but are complicit in this plot by Yife Tien and his lapdog lawyer, Mr. Black. It's quite obvious that their motives have been unjust and the plans of Yife Tien and this minority leadership, devoid of integrity and foresight, will never come to fruition.
Many students had not heard about the issues surrounding the financing of RVUCOM until we had already agreed to attend and now we have been deceived. The JAOA articles from Dean Ronnie Martin and Dr. Mychaskiw were of benefit but the intent is now clear as to where Yife Tien - and his lawyer, Mr. Black, currently stand. Mr. Black spoke at our school two days ago and laid out the latest happenings without detail and only succeeded in emphasizing the deceptive intent behind the direction of the school. They underestimated our foresight as students as well as our power to unite. The veiled threats the new "coporate heirarchy" laid before us were not welcomed nor were they effective. We as students are not so selfish to fear only for our futures (which is what they had hoped). We understand that we must stand up for the direction of our medical school as well as the future of medicine.
I'm a medical student and I'm not ashamed to admit that we need to be rescued. We are tired and weary with only a few weeks remaining in our first year. However, we are not too weak to fight this injustice - we will hold steady. We care about the direction of medicine and hope you join us in this fight. We cannot do it alone and with no direction or physician oversight outside of our immediate faculty and "interim deans". We are at risk of being inappropriately influenced and forced to suffer in silence to benefit big business. We absolutely WILL NOT walk in silence, devoid of conscious and constantly in fear.
Our training prior to the untimely departure of Dean Ronnie Martin -AND- our esteemed board of physicians was exceptional based on all accounts and as viewed by our early shadowing preceptors (community physicians). Based on this latest move and the voices of the physicians in the community, our future education without a shadow of a doubt, is in jeopardy. So is the future face of medicine, if we don't stop this now.
The physicians of Colorado and the Mountain West will not stand silent either.
I wholeheartedly ask for you all to stand strong with us. Please help our voices be heard. Help influence the AOA to step in with our regional physicians to monitor and see that changes from the very top to the very bottom are made in light of these unjust developments. Please help protect our interest and investment as future representatives of medicine. We have near 100 signatures - with more to come, of students asking for the AOA to intervene. Only a very few are fearful of faculty retribution. The vast majority of students support this move and the documents have been submitted or are en route to the AOA and other representatives requesting intervention. Let's set this right together. Please help PHYSICIAN BOARDS, local physicians, and not corporate suits and their greed guide our new school.
Perhaps with the voice of SDN, the strong involvement and oversight of the AOA, and the support of physicians and medical students far and wide, we can rid our shores of this corporate structure and greed once and for all. Let's close the doors on this model now - before accreditation is even considered. Deep pockets will not prevail over principle and integrity.
Please extend your hands and voices to us for immediate rescue. Please encourage and hold the AOA accountable to fulfill their mission and duty by protecting the medical student.
We are in desperate need of your support - right now.
OHHH boy. Well I guess it's time to get on the AOA's ass about this one.
There could be two different Bruce Kaplans. I can't imagine AUC putting a DO as their chief academic officer. I guess it's possible, but can one guy be a professor at Michigan State COM, a board member at RVU, and an administrator at a Caribbean medical school all at the same time?
RVU is getting a new dean. Dr. Bruce Dubin. He's the former interim dean at TCOM.
All the rest of this sounds like a disaster, but Dr. Dubin is awesome. He really cares about students and will kick your butt if you're not performing. I'm sad to see him leaving, but sounds like y'all could use the help.
http://www.rocky-vista-osteopathic.com/
I do not know if there is a connection
and if there is, what it would be, but
the turn over happened shortly after
the AOA finally acknowledged my
communication to them.
I found the site yesterday. My site is going further back in pages on Google searches and I happened to find this one while searching for mine.