LMU-DCOM Knoxville accredation

[justanotherpremed1]

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Is the new Knoxville campus fully accredited based on the Harrogate one or will it be just like a brand new school and be in pre-accredation?

 

[alprazoslam]

probably thru the original. They are approved so I mean its safe to attend but not sure it would be my first choice

 

[Wjldenver]

DO school proliferation never ceases to amaze me. Financial synergy for the home institution (LMU in this case), and just let the students assume all the risk. Here is the latest news release.

LMU-DCOM to Open Additional Location in Knoxville - Lincoln Memorial University

 

[Mehd School]

DO school proliferation never ceases to amaze me. Financial synergy for the home institution (LMU in this case), and just let the students assume all the risk. Here is the latest news release.

LMU-DCOM to Open Additional Location in Knoxville - Lincoln Memorial University

At the end of it's second year the knoxville campus will be stronger than the harrogate campus.

and LOL at that article. The word "Primary Care" was nowhere to be found in DCOM's mission statement when I attended. At least not until Kessler came. That was one of the bigger reasons why I was comfortable attending.

 

[Blunt Dissection]

The thing that confuses me the most is the fact that rural Appalachia does not have a "primary care" shortage - it has a physician shortage PERIOD. This sudden shift to try to spew out primary care doctors in no way solves the fact that patients literally have to travel >1 hour on average in order to receive specialty care. What good does it do our patients to go see a primary care provider only to have to be referred out when many do not have the time or means to travel to their specialist appointments?

 

[azygos the grey]

The thing that confuses me the most is the fact that rural Appalachia does not have a "primary care" shortage - it has a physician shortage PERIOD. This sudden shift to try to spew out primary care doctors in no way solves the fact that patients literally have to travel >1 hour on average in order to receive specialty care. What good does it do our patients to go see a primary care provider only to have to be referred out when many do not have the time or means to travel to their specialist appointments?

all you need to see...

LMU-DCOM Tabbed as Top Producer of Primary Care Residents by U.S. News - Lincoln Memorial University

 

[Blunt Dissection]

all you need to see...

LMU-DCOM Tabbed as Top Producer of Primary Care Residents by U.S. News - Lincoln Memorial University

"D.O.s emphasize a whole-person approach to treatment and care, and focus on prevention to help people get healthy and stay well."

Comments like this seriously embarrass me as a DO student. This suggests that our MD counterparts don't believe in a "holistic" approach to healthcare or that somehow preventative health is a concept being pioneered by DOs. Regardless of what letters are behind your name, if you're thrown into a work environment where you have more patients than you can reasonably manage in order to maintain corporate profits, you're going to look like the "uncaring" doctor.

 

[Ho0v-man]

The thing that confuses me the most is the fact that rural Appalachia does not have a "primary care" shortage - it has a physician shortage PERIOD. This sudden shift to try to spew out primary care doctors in no way solves the fact that patients literally have to travel >1 hour on average in order to receive specialty care. What good does it do our patients to go see a primary care provider only to have to be referred out when many do not have the time or means to travel to their specialist appointments?

You’re not wrong about the shortage issue. But that rural primary care doc can recognize problems before they manifest as an acute event. Also, once the specialist >1hr away has done the work up and rule outs that the primary care doc can’t do and has arrived at a dx, the pt’s long term management can usually be handled by the pcp.

Now if your talking management of an acute event I.e. AMI needing cathed or acute abd needing surgery then your 100% correct. Ambulances being able to run lights only gets you so far.

 

[throwaway90210]

they will have problems getting the students legit clinical sites. even if they have two years its still iffy