Comments on: Four new medical schools contribute to increase in first-year enrollment – MedCity Morning Read, Oct. 21, 2009 http://www.medcitynews.com/2009/10/four-new-medical-schools-contribute-to-increase-in-first-year-enrollment-%e2%80%93-medcity-morning-read-oct-21-2009/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=four-new-medical-schools-contribute-to-increase-in-first-year-enrollment-%25e2%2580%2593-medcity-morning-read-oct-21-2009 MedCity News Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:17:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: AACOM http://www.medcitynews.com/2009/10/four-new-medical-schools-contribute-to-increase-in-first-year-enrollment-%e2%80%93-medcity-morning-read-oct-21-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-31278 AACOM Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:20:49 +0000 http://www.medcitynews.com/?p=13282#comment-31278 This article omits mention of osteopathic medical education, one of the fastest-growing sectors in U.S. medical education. U.S. osteopathic medical schools now account for one-sixth of the nation’s accredited medical schools. 2009 applications to osteopathic medical colleges hit record levels for the third year in a row. More than 12,600 potential medical students applied for this year’s 4,933 osteopathic medical college seats, an increase of 7.5 percent over 2008. The total osteopathic medical college applicant pool has been increasing for seven years, and applications for the 2010 entering class are on track to continue this trend. To date, 2010 applications again are up by 7.5 percent over this time last year. First-year enrollment at the nation’s 25 colleges of osteopathic medicine jumped to nearly 5,000 this year, a 7.3 percent increase over fall 2008. Today, more than 17,000 students, or nearly one in five of all U.S. medical students, are studying in an osteopathic medical school. The education osteopathic medical (DO) students receive is rigorous and thorough. Like their allopathic (MD) counterparts, incoming DO students are required to have strong undergraduate science backgrounds, have excellent Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) scores, and meet stringent admissions criteria. Also like their allopathic counterparts, osteopathic medical students participate in years of classroom, clinical, internship, and residency training. And when they leave that training, they become board-certified physicians, licensed to practice the full scope of medicine in every state in the country. This article omits mention of osteopathic medical education, one of the fastest-growing sectors in U.S. medical education. U.S. osteopathic medical schools now account for one-sixth of the nation’s accredited medical schools.

2009 applications to osteopathic medical colleges hit record levels for the third year in a row. More than 12,600 potential medical students applied for this year’s 4,933 osteopathic medical college seats, an increase of 7.5 percent over 2008. The total osteopathic medical college applicant pool has been increasing for seven years, and applications for the 2010 entering class are on track to continue this trend. To date, 2010 applications again are up by 7.5 percent over this time last year.

First-year enrollment at the nation’s 25 colleges of osteopathic medicine jumped to nearly 5,000 this year, a 7.3 percent increase over fall 2008. Today, more than 17,000 students, or nearly one in five of all U.S. medical students, are studying in an osteopathic medical school.

The education osteopathic medical (DO) students receive is rigorous and thorough. Like their allopathic (MD) counterparts, incoming DO students are required to have strong undergraduate science backgrounds, have excellent Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) scores, and meet stringent admissions criteria. Also like their allopathic counterparts, osteopathic medical students participate in years of classroom, clinical, internship, and residency training. And when they leave that training, they become board-certified physicians, licensed to practice the full scope of medicine in every state in the country.

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