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This posting is in response to a previous post questioning why MSU-COM was ranked ninth on the USnews Top Medical Schools for Primary Care (tied with Johns Hopkins and UCSF).
You will see that the criteria is based statistical data from several categories. We just happen to be high on the ones they were looking for. We are all thrilled that our osteopathic institution is tied with Johns Hopkins and UCSF! To me, it shows that osteopathy is making it's way to the top when it comes to the philosophy of primary care.
If you look at the individual categories, you will see that they do not relate to undergraduate influences (this was implied on the previous post). Very, very few of our teachers are taken from that resource. Almost every professor is a physician from somewhere in Michigan (both MD's and DO's). Only a small handful teach elsewhere on campus.
We have class year-round with summers of 19 credits. Our schedule is extremely demanding. We do PC work on a regular basis. Over 85% of our graduates go on to PC. We have a sixth month course called PCAC where we all must take 6 months of primary care. This is to encourage us to enter PC. Also, we have a large number of faculty-- often 5-15 per class or block. Again, physician's from all over come to lecture about the topics they are "experts" with. We have access to a huge base of physicians. These are just a few reasons why our rank is so high. I feel we would be even higher on the list if we were affiliated with one hospital instead of 12, as we would have more national exposure related to publication and research.
Please look at the article if you have the interest:
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/beyond/gradrank/mdp/gdmdpt1.htm
Interested to hear your comments--
michelle
MSUCOM- 2002
You will see that the criteria is based statistical data from several categories. We just happen to be high on the ones they were looking for. We are all thrilled that our osteopathic institution is tied with Johns Hopkins and UCSF! To me, it shows that osteopathy is making it's way to the top when it comes to the philosophy of primary care.
If you look at the individual categories, you will see that they do not relate to undergraduate influences (this was implied on the previous post). Very, very few of our teachers are taken from that resource. Almost every professor is a physician from somewhere in Michigan (both MD's and DO's). Only a small handful teach elsewhere on campus.
We have class year-round with summers of 19 credits. Our schedule is extremely demanding. We do PC work on a regular basis. Over 85% of our graduates go on to PC. We have a sixth month course called PCAC where we all must take 6 months of primary care. This is to encourage us to enter PC. Also, we have a large number of faculty-- often 5-15 per class or block. Again, physician's from all over come to lecture about the topics they are "experts" with. We have access to a huge base of physicians. These are just a few reasons why our rank is so high. I feel we would be even higher on the list if we were affiliated with one hospital instead of 12, as we would have more national exposure related to publication and research.
Please look at the article if you have the interest:
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/beyond/gradrank/mdp/gdmdpt1.htm
Interested to hear your comments--
michelle
MSUCOM- 2002