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Trends in Medical School Curricula

Over the years, several alternative models have been introduced for the first one to two years of medical school instruction. Recently, medical schools have continued to develop and implement a variety of more patient-centered and collaborative approaches. Since 2020, urgent political issues including the COVID pandemic, Black Lives Matter, and the ongoing climate crisis have ushered in more changes still. In this post, we’ll walk through some of the latest trends in med school curricula.

Maureen Meyer2023-10-30T13:15:43-04:00October 30th, 2023|Categories: 3 Year Medical School Programs, AACOMAS, AAMC, AAMCAS, BA/BS/MD Programs, Baccalaureate/MD Programs, Clinical Experience, Collegiate Gateway, DO Program, Julie Gross, MD-MBA, MD-MPH, MD-PhD, Med School Clinical Years, Medical Residency, Medical School, Medical School Admissions, medical school planning, Trends in Med School Curricula|Tags: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, collegiate gateway, Duke Medical School, Feinberg School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, julie gross, Longitudinal Clinical Experience Program, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, three year medical school programs, Trends in Med School Curricula, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College|

The Value of a DO Degree in Osteopathic Medicine

Find out more about the DO (Doctor of Osteopathic) degree offered by osteopathic medical schools and if this path could be right for you. Examine the differences and similarities between the MD (Doctor of Medicine) program offered by traditional allopathic medical schools and DO programs.

The Clinical Years of Med School: What to Expect

Once medical students complete their time in the classroom, they move on to what many consider to be the real reason they went to med school in the first place: treating patients. This transition usually occurs during the second or third year depending on the length of a school’s pre-clinical ...

collegiategateway2020-06-13T07:14:47-04:00February 21st, 2019|Categories: Medical Residency, Medical School|Tags: Alpert Medical School, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Away Rotations, Clerkships, clinical research, clinical years, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Electives, Georgetown University School of Medicine, medical school, Pritzker School of Medicine, Selectives, Sub-Internships, Weill Cornell Medical College|

Osteopathic Medicine: The DO Degree

There are a variety of paths to practicing medicine, and an alternative route to the MD (Doctor of Medicine) degree offered by traditional “allopathic” medical schools is the DO (Doctor of Osteopathic) degree offered by “osteopathic” medical schools. Over recent years, there has been a boom in the number of ...

collegiategateway2018-07-31T00:30:36-04:00July 30th, 2018|Categories: Medical Residency, Medical School, Medical School Admissions|Tags: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, AOA Match, Association of Osteopathic Directors and Medical Educators, DO degrees, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, MD vs DO, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, NRMP Match, Osteopathic Medicine, osteopathic muscle manipulation, residency matching, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine|

The Three-Year MD Program

The three-year medical school program is a fairly new development in medical education. And while there are many benefits to pursing these accelerated programs, but they’re not for everyone. In this blog, we will take an in-depth look at three-year MD program requirements and formats, as well as which schools ...

collegiategateway2020-09-30T13:43:14-04:00February 24th, 2016|Categories: Graduate Schools, Medical Residency, Medical School, Medical School Admissions|Tags: 3-year PhD-to-MD, 3YMD, accelerated curricula, Accelerated Track in Family Medicine, Columbia University, Family Medicine Accelerated Track (FMAT), medical school, mercer university, NYU, primary care physicians, School of Medicine: ACE-PC, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, three-year MD program, UC-Davis|

Trends in Residency Matching for 2015

Earlier this month, hopeful and anxious medical school students gathered at Match Day ceremonies across the country. Match Day, an annual rite of passage for budding physicians, is the day students learn which U.S. residency programs at which they will train for the next three to seven years. This ...

collegiategateway2015-05-21T19:41:35-04:00May 21st, 2015|Categories: Medical Residency, Medical School|Tags: allopathic, couples matching, family medicine, internal medicine, match day, med school, medical school, medical specialties, NRMP, osteopathic, pediatrics, residency, residency matching, The National Resident Matching Program|