Your thinking about the AMEC program based of the University of West Alabama. Its basically a program that pre-meds from alabama and occasionaly western mississippi are eligible for. You basically interview with the AMEC committee prior to applying for medical school. There are 8 osteopathic schools that save like 120 spots or more for AMEC students. The students attend school at the respective osteopathic schools and then return to alabama for third year clerkships at respective sites throughout alabama. The big sites are in birmingham and montgomery but there are 8 sites throughout the state. The big sites are pretty good training hospitals but i havent heard anything about the other ones. So there is not an osteopathic school in Alabama, but its basically like they have an osteopathic school since >120 students each year from the state go off to DO schools somewhere. The point of the program is create more primary care docs in the state especially in rural areas. However, the program is non-binding. It would make logical sense to eventually start an osteopathic school in the state. At some point a few years ago Miles College looked into forming a an osteopathic school with a minority focus(like meharry, howard, etc) but i dont know what happened. AMEC also has a 3 year college track for alabama residents as well. You do 3 years of undergrad then go of too med school somewhere. I dont think you need the MCAT but you need a high ACT/SAT score. Either way its a good program and i expect a huge influx of DO's in the state within a few years.
