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The school was established in 2022, and holds pre-accreditation status with the American Osteopathic Association's Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation. [1] The inaugural class is expected to consist of 90 students, [2] with courses beginning in fall 2025. [3] The school is affiliated with Meritus Health. [3]
This list of medical specialty colleges in the United States includes medical societies that represent board certified specialist physicians.The American Medical Association maintains a list of societies represented in its House of Delegates, while the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine maintains a list of osteopathic specialty colleges.
Rowan University Cooper Medical School: 2011 Public: Nutley: Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine: 2016 Private: Newark: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School: 1954 Public: Piscataway: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School: 1961 Long Branch, New Jersey; New Mexico: Albuquerque: University of New Mexico School of Medicine: 1964 New York ...
According to the U.S. News & World Report, VCOM was the second-largest medical school in the U.S. in 2021, with a total enrollment of 2,122 students among its four campuses. [3] VCOM is an osteopathic medical school, which grants the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree (DO), and one of four located in the Appalachian region.
[9] [10] In 2021, the inaugural Master of Arts in Medical Sciences (MAMS) class began with approximately 40 students. The School of Physical Therapy opened in 2022 and the School of Occupational Therapy opened in 2023. The School of Dental Medicine is planned to accept its first class in 2024. [11]
The medical school is also accredited by the American Osteopathic Association's Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation. CCOM's curriculum focuses on discipline-based learning - where courses are taught with emphasis on case discussions and clinical correlates. Early clinical exposure are achieved through simulated patients.
There are a total of 141 M.D. granting medical schools in the U.S. that use AMCAS, which includes 4 Puerto Rico schools. [ 2 ] Osteopathic medical schools (granting Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine , or D.O., degrees) have a similar system called the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service (AACOMAS).
According to the US Department of Education, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) is "the authorized credential evaluation and guidance agency for non-U.S. physicians and graduates of non-U.S. medical schools who seek to practice in the United States or apply for a U.S. medical residency program.