New Medical Schools for 2012

[citrusguy2010]

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does anyone know the status of these new schools that are supposed to open for a class in 2012? i was specifically looking for UC Riverside but couldn't find it on AMCAS. i know UCR and like king and rowan were supposed to open schools of med for 2012 but i haven't heard anything. anyone else hearing anything good?

 

[sector9]

does anyone know the status of these new schools that are supposed to open for a class in 2012? i was specifically looking for UC Riverside but couldn't find it on AMCAS. i know UCR and like king and rowan were supposed to open schools of med for 2012 but i haven't heard anything. anyone else hearing anything good?

I haven't seen any good rumors. The only info I've seen is on the medical school accreditation website LCME
http://www.lcme.org/newschoolprocess.htm
It explains the process. Rowan and UCR are the only two that appear to be close enough to make it this cycle. Once either one moves on to "Step 3", they will become available on AMCAS. There is precedent for a school to be added months after the application opens, so even though neither school is listed on AMCAS now they might be added later

 

[ozzi22]

http://www.lcme.org/newschoolprocess.htm

edit: to slow

 

[13132]

Hmm I'd like to see a school from Indiana on that list.

 

[Person0715]

Seems like Florida is in dire need of medical schools as it has four vying for accreditation.

I'm glad to see that another med school is opening up in NJ, but not so stoked about its location.

 

[zaq]

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[citrusguy2010]

Does anyone know the status of UC Merced school of medicine? On Wiki it says the expected matriculant class is 2013, but I'm not sure how accurate that is. If it's not on the LCME site, should we not expect to see it for at least 3 or 4 years?

i heard merced's program (if it opens up soon) is geared towards high school students and funneling through an IM residency

 

[acromonkey]

Did you try that?

Agreed that Camden is NOT ideal. How long does it usually take for schools to move from the "step 3" section and able to take matriculants?

 

[Socrates25]

Seems like Florida is in dire need of medical schools as it has four vying for accreditation.

I'm glad to see that another med school is opening up in NJ, but not so stoked about its location.

Ummm, No.

The reasons med schools are opening like McDonalds these days has NOTHING to do with supply and demand.

Politicians love med schools because they see them as "economic engines" that drive a community. They think that they can open a podunk 20 seat med school in the middle of nowhere and in 5 years they'll be raining in NIH grants which will help supply an economic stimulus to the community.

Of course, its all bull****, but it sounds good on paper.

 

[Law2Doc]

Ummm, No.

The reasons med schools are opening like McDonalds these days has NOTHING to do with supply and demand.

Politicians love med schools because they see them as "economic engines" that drive a community. They think that they can open a podunk 20 seat med school in the middle of nowhere and in 5 years they'll be raining in NIH grants which will help supply an economic stimulus to the community.

Of course, its all bull****, but it sounds good on paper.

Actually, it's not about NIH grants or economic stimulus. Florida has been the face of the current much publicized "physician shortage" for quite a few years now. It's a state with a lot of underserved immigrants (especially from Cuba, Haiti), as well as a lot of old retirees -- effectively "the perfect storm" of healthcare -- all the people with significant healthcare issues that private insurance doesn't want to deal with. So there's good reason for that state to be seeking more teaching hospitals and doctors. Florida was trying to open multiple new med schools and add residents to their residency programs since I was applying to med school, and probably will continue to do so until the last of the baby boomer generation retirees dies off.

 

[Socrates25]

Actually, it's not about NIH grants or economic stimulus. Florida has been the face of the current much publicized "physician shortage" for quite a few years now. It's a state with a lot of underserved immigrants (especially from Cuba, Haiti), as well as a lot of old retirees -- effectively "the perfect storm" of healthcare -- all the people with significant healthcare issues that private insurance doesn't want to deal with. So there's good reason for that state to be seeking more teaching hospitals and doctors. Florida was trying to open multiple new med schools and add residents to their residency programs since I was applying to med school, and probably will continue to do so until the last of the baby boomer generation retirees dies off.

there's no shortage of doctors in florida.

Give me a random zip code in florida and I can find a doctor taking new patients (medicare/medicaid) that is within a 30 minute drive.

 

[Law2Doc]

there's no shortage of doctors in florida.

Give me a random zip code in florida and I can find a doctor taking new patients (medicare/medicaid) that is within a 30 minute drive.

Um, I put "physician shortage" in quotes because it's a hotly debated topic as to whether it's real or distributive. But yeah, actually florida has been the poster child for this for many years and this shortage has made the front page of publications such as USA Today (discussing Florida counties in particular as in bad shape) at least twice since I started med school. Google it.

 

[thisiswilde]

Indiana's Marian University is opening a D.O. school starting 2012 I believe

 

[13132]

Indiana's Marian University is opening a D.O. school starting 2012 I believe

I had heard that. Certainly an interesting choice for a school to host it, but I am glad we will have the DO option in Indianapolis.