Texas Legislature gives approval for new med school

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Texas Legislature gives approval for medical school in Tyler; decision heads to Abbott's desk

The Texas Legislature has given its approval for a new medical school in Tyler after lawmakers approved authorizing the Health Science Center at UT Tyler to put resources toward getting

tylerpaper.com

Not just the DO schools that are expanding quickly...mods can lock if old news

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[wysdoc]

This seems to be "new" news as of May 28, 2021.
The timeline for a new school to progress through LCME can take years.
UT Tyler HSC is now at "Applicant" status and must progress through "Candidate" to "Preliminary" status before they can solicit applications.
LCME Glossary

Several other UT system schools currently send MS3/MS4 students to Tyler for clinical rotations, so in time the new school if accredited will certainly shake up those rotation site patterns.

Another thing that is not automatic is whether a new school will get approval for Texas state subsidies, like many of the TMDSAS schools, to keep tuition low. The newest DO school (SHSU) didn't get that nod. It is in the accreditation pipeline and taking in its second class this year, but as we Texans are used to our tuitions in the 20K to 25K ballpark, its 55K per year tuition makes TX applicants think twice.

 

[Goro]

Texas Legislature gives approval for medical school in Tyler; decision heads to Abbott's desk

The Texas Legislature has given its approval for a new medical school in Tyler after lawmakers approved authorizing the Health Science Center at UT Tyler to put resources toward getting

tylerpaper.com

Not just the DO schools that are expanding quickly...mods can lock if old news

The number of MD schools that have opened in the last ten years is actually larger than the number of DO schools.