Promoting Regional Campus Excellence: The Scholarly Concentrations Program at Indiana University School of Medicine
While Indiana University School of Medicine has had multiple regional campuses delivering the pre-clerkship phase of the education for 50 years, since 2008, all four years of medical education, including clinical, have also been available at the eight regional campuses statewide. While 67 percent of...
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| author | Paul M. Wallach, MD Deborah R. Birnbaum, MBA Bradley L. Allen, MD, PhD Daniel R. Corson-Knowles, MD Elizabeth R. Ryan, EdD Jay L. Hess, MD, PhD, MHSA |
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| description | While Indiana University School of Medicine has had multiple regional campuses delivering the pre-clerkship phase of the education for 50 years, since 2008, all four years of medical education, including clinical, have also been available at the eight regional campuses statewide. While 67 percent of admitted students designate a preference for the Indianapolis main campus, 60 percent of students are assigned to a regional campus for pre-clerkship education. Of those, 32 percent chose to be at their assigned campus. Students are often not able to identify a compelling reason to choose a regional campus. Despite data to the contrary, including our own, a majority of students continue to believe the path to success is through the main campus in Indianapolis, and as a result, transfer to the main campus for clerkships.
In 2019, the school launched a Scholarly Concentrations Program as a key strategy to address this problem. The program leverages the unique expertise and resources at its diverse campuses and shines a spotlight on them to attract and retain students at regional campuses through educational enhancement and engaged community scholarship.
While still in pilot phase, significant progress has been realized. With faculty statewide, 11 concentrations launched in less than one year; 17 in two years. About 220 students are enrolled in concentrations statewide; about half at regional campuses. A special program through the admissions process resulted in 9 percent of the Class of 2024, with an average GPA of 3.8 and 512 MCAT, choosing to enroll at a regional campus and its associated scholarly concentration.
Immediate plans revolve around supporting concentration growth, building systems and processes to support a sustainable program, and monitoring results of the three pilot phases to inform future development and implementation. In addition, students are being recruited to regional campuses through an Early Decision Program. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-23255aca96d544cd922983e010c3b7fc2022-12-21T19:30:30ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingJournal of Regional Medical Campuses2576-55582021-01-014110.24926/jrmc.v4i1.3541Promoting Regional Campus Excellence: The Scholarly Concentrations Program at Indiana University School of MedicinePaul M. Wallach, MD0Deborah R. Birnbaum, MBA1Bradley L. Allen, MD, PhDDaniel R. Corson-Knowles, MDElizabeth R. Ryan, EdDJay L. Hess, MD, PhD, MHSAIndiana University School of MedicineIndiana University School of MedicineWhile Indiana University School of Medicine has had multiple regional campuses delivering the pre-clerkship phase of the education for 50 years, since 2008, all four years of medical education, including clinical, have also been available at the eight regional campuses statewide. While 67 percent of admitted students designate a preference for the Indianapolis main campus, 60 percent of students are assigned to a regional campus for pre-clerkship education. Of those, 32 percent chose to be at their assigned campus. Students are often not able to identify a compelling reason to choose a regional campus. Despite data to the contrary, including our own, a majority of students continue to believe the path to success is through the main campus in Indianapolis, and as a result, transfer to the main campus for clerkships. In 2019, the school launched a Scholarly Concentrations Program as a key strategy to address this problem. The program leverages the unique expertise and resources at its diverse campuses and shines a spotlight on them to attract and retain students at regional campuses through educational enhancement and engaged community scholarship. While still in pilot phase, significant progress has been realized. With faculty statewide, 11 concentrations launched in less than one year; 17 in two years. About 220 students are enrolled in concentrations statewide; about half at regional campuses. A special program through the admissions process resulted in 9 percent of the Class of 2024, with an average GPA of 3.8 and 512 MCAT, choosing to enroll at a regional campus and its associated scholarly concentration. Immediate plans revolve around supporting concentration growth, building systems and processes to support a sustainable program, and monitoring results of the three pilot phases to inform future development and implementation. In addition, students are being recruited to regional campuses through an Early Decision Program.https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/jrmc/article/view/3541Indiana University School of MedicineIUSMmedical educationmed edscholarly concentrationmedical student |
| spellingShingle | Paul M. Wallach, MD Deborah R. Birnbaum, MBA Bradley L. Allen, MD, PhD Daniel R. Corson-Knowles, MD Elizabeth R. Ryan, EdD Jay L. Hess, MD, PhD, MHSA Promoting Regional Campus Excellence: The Scholarly Concentrations Program at Indiana University School of Medicine Journal of Regional Medical Campuses Indiana University School of Medicine IUSM medical education med ed scholarly concentration medical student |
| title | Promoting Regional Campus Excellence: The Scholarly Concentrations Program at Indiana University School of Medicine |
| title_full | Promoting Regional Campus Excellence: The Scholarly Concentrations Program at Indiana University School of Medicine |
| title_fullStr | Promoting Regional Campus Excellence: The Scholarly Concentrations Program at Indiana University School of Medicine |
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| title_short | Promoting Regional Campus Excellence: The Scholarly Concentrations Program at Indiana University School of Medicine |
| title_sort | promoting regional campus excellence the scholarly concentrations program at indiana university school of medicine |
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