Developing DO schools

[JoeUSA]

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The COCA website lists two more possible DO schools: Fresno and Melbourne.

http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-a...veloping-colleges-of-osteopathic-medicine.pdf

I did not see the Sam Houston COM on the list.

http://www.shsu.edu/dotAsset/66327f19-caf2-4059-9369-f47c0448a997.pdf

Progress for DOs!

 

[basikfx]

1. Just because it is on the list doesn't mean it will be accredited. Come back to us when all these schools are actually accredited (read: they won't)

2. COCA is legally bound to accept and approve all eligible applicants per anti-trust law.

3. Establishing DO school under the establishment of public state schools like Sam Houston is actually preferred.

 

[Goro]

It's NOT progress when these schools send OMSIIIs and IVs to poor clinical rotation sites, setting up yet more DO grads to get stigmatized in residencies as being poorly trained. "More DOs good" may make sense to the AOA, but it has some folly built into it.

The COCA website lists two more possible DO schools: Fresno and Melbourne.

http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-a...veloping-colleges-of-osteopathic-medicine.pdf

I did not see the Sam Houston COM on the list.

http://www.shsu.edu/dotAsset/66327f19-caf2-4059-9369-f47c0448a997.pdf

Progress for DOs!

 

[clovet]

:/

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

Just.... Stop...

 

[sharpstickie]

This is like if you worked at a cheese factory where there are two stages in production. First two years of med school are like combining ingredients and clinical years are would be the maturation of the cheese.
Let's say that the current issue with the cheese that's coming out is that the maturation process isn't as good as it should be, and creating more factories isn't going to fix that.

 

[DrMikeP]

I'm all for opening med schools where they are needed and where they have a strong chance of great clinical rotation slots/residencies. But some DO and at least one MD school have been opened or are in the process of opening in areas that really imo don't need such. But $$$$ is the driving factor.

Do you really need another med school when there are already 4 in the same area, 3 more nearby, 2 more elsewhere in the state, and then another nearby being proposed? And on top of that 2 more in the state being talked about as future possibilities. That's lots of Drs but training at some point will suffer.

In Psychology the number of schools opening quickly outpaced the number of training sites and internships available, which left over 30% of those completing their academics not able to find internships, which meant lots of debt and being unable to practice! With the current trend medical schools medicine is heading in that direction.

IMO schools should not be allowed to open or add slots until they've secured agreements with locations to provide stable clinical rotations for all students and have an actionable plan to develop new residencies for at the least 80% of their number of students.