I just called their admissions office. The lady speaking was very pleasant and helpful. She stated that the school should be up on AMCAS within a week. I asked her about what scores they are looking for and she said that they use a holistic approach to admitting students so they'll be looking at the entire application not just the MCAT or GPA. I told her my stats (30R and 3.54 gpa) and she encouraged me to apply. I forgot to ask her about their mission on pcps. Neurosurgery is kind of my current dream and I don't know if that'll harm my application there.
Do you know how their campus is? Their facilities? The surrounding neighborhood?
I also asked her about this sentence in their vision statement
"Students in its new medical school will have the opportunity to learn side by side with students in the University's well-regarded health professions programs as they learn to deliver patient-centered care as members of a team that views a patient through a singular lens."
And she said sometimes down the road, PA students might integrate into our education in some way.
Yeah lol. I had never heard of the school when I was applying for undergrad, and I found out about it when my boyfriend started his undergrad there. He's in the physical therapy program, starting grad school next semester. The undergrad isn't anything spectacular (just the basics) but their health science program is AMAZING. The professors are so smart and the undergrad to grad health science programs (athletic training, physical therapy, occupational therapy, etc) are tough.
I'm not sure what they're looking for as far as stats go, but I know they're hoping to make the school focused on primary care. Here's the website:
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/academics/colleges-schools-departments/school-of-medicine
I agree that the health sciences are outstanding here, but I would say their undergrad is more than just average. On the US news Northern regional colleges, they are ranked 13th, this puts it ahead of schools like Pratt, Bryant, and Rowan (who also has a medical school). I went to school in CT, and Qunnipiac was highly regarded, and was one of the top choices among students that didn't quite make the cut for Yale.
That said, where they really make their mark is in allied health professions, they are ranked 11th in Physician Assistant Programs, ahead of major names in the area (Yale, Cornell etc). They also are the only NE school to have an AA program, and they also have cardiac perfusion, radiology tech, etc.
This is where their "integrated learning environment comes in" When students study subjects that have crossover with their other graduate programs, they will learn together (e.g. PA's are being moved to the New Haven facility,and will share anatomy labs, clinical, and other lectures with med students.)
There is a video where the president talks about this in detail somewhere, they say something like, "Allied health professionals will need to work together in practice, and our curriculum teaches them to do that from the very beginning..." IMHO This could work well or it could be a disaster. It all depends on how integrated the school makes things. This is one of the things I would be very interested in hearing more about.
Quotes from the Dean:
"We will train medical students with nursing students, physician assistant students because healthcare more and more is a team activity," said Dr. Bruce Koeppen, Dean, Frank H. Netter School of Medicine.
Also, they have a strong primary care objective, and will reserve scholarships for those entering primary care and remaining in primary care for five years after graduation (according to an early interview). I don't know if this is their long term goal, but this is the loop hole most new schools have to jump through in order to receive LCME accreditation.
"Right now if you look at the national statistics about 15 percent of current medical students are planning a career in primary care," said Koeppen. "We hope that 50 percent or more of our graduates will go into primary care."
http://youtu.be/FQx4Y4qm-8M
Holy crap. Also what students? There are no med students yet.
