New medical school in Texas! No, not UT-Dell or UT-Rio Grande Valley

[ecolik-12]

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I must say... Texas is killing it with these med schools.

https://www.unthsc.edu/newsroom/sto...-science-center-to-create-new-medical-school/

 

[Goro]

Hopefully they'll have better luck than CNU in picking faculty.

I might send TCU/UNT a CV!!!

I must say... Texas is killing it with these med schools.

https://www.unthsc.edu/newsroom/sto...-science-center-to-create-new-medical-school/

 

[radkat101]

Hopefully they'll have better luck than CNU in picking faculty.

I might send TCU/UNT a CV!!!

We've been told they are just using TCOMs facilities and faculty. Even the rotation sites will be the same as TCOM.

 

[Goro]

Oh, so they're doubling TCOM Faculty workload? They'll LOVE that!!

We've been told they are just using TCOMs facilities and faculty. Even the rotation sites will be the same as TCOM.

 

[radkat101]

Oh, so they're doubling TCOM Faculty workload? They'll LOVE that!!

I'm sure there will be some new hires. The e-mail we received states:

"The MD School will share facilities at both TCU and UNTHSC. This includes administration offices, research facilities, classrooms, laboratories, libraries and study space. The composition of the faculty will be determined after adopting the curriculum. It is anticipated that UNTHSC faculty will predominantly teach the courses of study, but some TCU faculty will be involved in teaching as well."

I guess TCU will handle whatever UNT can't.

 

[burntorange]

I wonder how the DO school will fare once the MD school begins. The biggest gripe out of TCOM not being considered a mid-tier medical school in Texas was the DO name behind it. Should be interesting

 

[Chillbo Baggins]

I hope they're using some of the donor monies from all these new TX schools to create more residency spots...

 

[Hyde]

I must say... Texas is killing it with these med schools.

https://www.unthsc.edu/newsroom/sto...-science-center-to-create-new-medical-school/

Texas is already producing too many med school graduates for available Texas first year residency positions. Why open another med school there?

http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodoc...7301/331061a6-fe1f-464b-9c8f-b1d087ddfee2.PDF

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Without increases in the number of first-year residency positions, beginning in 2014, an estimated 28 graduates of Texas medical schools will not have an opportunity to enter a Texas residency program. This number increases to 137 in 2015.

By 2016, an estimated 137 medical school graduates will have to leave the state for their first year of residency training due to a lack of residency positions.

The state’s investment in their education of $168,000 per graduate, or $23 million annually will not benefit the state. The cost of adding additional first-year entering residency positions would reduce the loss of medical school graduates to other states.

While some of the graduates who enter residency training in other states may eventually return to Texas, others will not.

 

[texasdevil]

They actually are increasing residency spots. It's tough to find the press release as I'm on my phone, but a recent bill was passed by Texas that mandated 1.1 residency spots per medical student seats. Ergo, more medical schools means more residency spots.

 

[Hyde]

They actually are increasing residency spots. It's tough to find the press release as I'm on my phone, but a recent bill was passed by Texas that mandated 1.1 residency spots per medical student seats. Ergo, more medical schools means more residency spots.

Phew. That's good.