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Construction began on a new facility housing the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) at Auburn Research Park, it was announced Thursday.
Brasfield & Gorrie General Contractors are working on the $20 million project, which includes a 90,400-square-foot building that will house classrooms, small-group meeting rooms, laboratories and a technology center.
Plans for the college were first announced by Auburn University and VCOM in August 2012. An agreement was made between the two entities to establish the campus and collaborate on biomedical research and healthcare projects.
VCOM has a mission to train physicians who will serve rural and medically underserved areas.
Alabama qualifies as such an area, with 60 of its 67 counties reportedly short on primary care providers, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health. The state ranks 43rd out of 50 states for physicians per populations of 100,000, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Graduates of the college will earn a doctorate of osteopathic medicine or D.O. title.
Osteopathic medicine focuses on a whole-patient approach, according to a press release from Auburn University. Osteopathic medicine uses hands-on therapeutic techniques in the treatment of muscular and skeletal injuries.
Construction costs for the new facility will be covered by VCOM. Students of the college will have access to certain amenities and technologies at Auburn, including the MRI Research Center and Auburn scientists and researchers in various fields.
The Auburn campus will be VCOM’s third, following campuses affiliated with Virginia Tech University and Wofford College.
Completion of the project is scheduled for Spring 2015 and the first class of students would begin Fall 2015.
Construction began on a new facility housing the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) at Auburn Research Park, it was announced Thursday.
Brasfield & Gorrie General Contractors are working on the $20 million project, which includes a 90,400-square-foot building that will house classrooms, small-group meeting rooms, laboratories and a technology center.
Plans for the college were first announced by Auburn University and VCOM in August 2012. An agreement was made between the two entities to establish the campus and collaborate on biomedical research and healthcare projects.
VCOM has a mission to train physicians who will serve rural and medically underserved areas.
Alabama qualifies as such an area, with 60 of its 67 counties reportedly short on primary care providers, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health. The state ranks 43rd out of 50 states for physicians per populations of 100,000, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Graduates of the college will earn a doctorate of osteopathic medicine or D.O. title.
Osteopathic medicine focuses on a whole-patient approach, according to a press release from Auburn University. Osteopathic medicine uses hands-on therapeutic techniques in the treatment of muscular and skeletal injuries.
Construction costs for the new facility will be covered by VCOM. Students of the college will have access to certain amenities and technologies at Auburn, including the MRI Research Center and Auburn scientists and researchers in various fields.
The Auburn campus will be VCOM’s third, following campuses affiliated with Virginia Tech University and Wofford College.
Completion of the project is scheduled for Spring 2015 and the first class of students would begin Fall 2015.
