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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 2006; 20 years ago (2006) |
| Dean | Deborah German |
Academic staff | 1,100+[1] |
| Undergraduates | 2,627[1] |
| Postgraduates | 484 MD 142 PhD[1] |
| Location | ,, United States 28°22′1.48″N81°15′25.021″W / 28.3670778°N 81.25695028°W /28.3670778; -81.25695028 |
| Campus | Suburban 75 acres (0.30 km2) |
| Website | med |
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TheUniversity of Central Florida College of Medicine is themedical school of theUniversity of Central Florida located inOrlando,Florida, United States. The Vice President of Health Affairs anddean of the college isDeborah German.
The college consists of a publicmedical school and the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences located on the UCF Health Sciences campus inLake Nona Medical City.
The UCF Lake Nona Medical Center opened in early 2021 as the medical school's main teaching hospital. In December 2018, UCF acquired the former Sanford Burnham Prebys Institute facility, which currently houses the UCF Lake Nona Cancer Center.
The UCF College of Medicine supports several residency and fellowship programs across the state of Florida, including programs inemergency medicine,general surgery,internal medicine,neurology,obstetrics and gynecology, andpsychiatry.
In October 2005, a local Orlando investment company, theTavistock Group, donated $12.5 million and 50 acres (0.20 km2) of land to UCF to help establish the UCF Medical School at Lake Nona, and issued a challenge to the Orlando community to help the university raise an additional $12.5 million to boost the total amount of raised funds to $25 million. This $25 million was eligible for a matching grant from the state; thus giving UCF the needed $50 million to create a new medical college. UCF received well over $100 million in donations, state-matching funds, and land value for the medical college's establishment.
On March 23, 2006, theFlorida Board of Governors voted 15–1 in support of UCF's proposal to build a medical college. The College of Medicine would consist of a new UCF medical campus that was constructed atLake Nona; located on the eastern edge of Orlando near theOrlando International Airport. Upon completion of the first phase, the base of the College of Medicine included a 113,000-square-foot (10,500 m2) building for the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, and a 130,000-square-foot (12,000 m2) College of Medicine instructional building and health sciences library.
The new College of Medicine offered an unprecedented full scholarship package to every member of its charter class; 41 students entering in fall 2009.[2] The scholarship, financed by various donors, amounted to $40,000 per year, half going to tuition (out-of-state fees being waived) and the other half for living expenses. Dean German spearheaded the effort to secure these scholarships, having herself received a similar scholarship atHarvard Medical School.[3] The new school received over 4,300 applications, including at least one with a perfectMCAT score, making it the most selective medical school in the United States at that time.[2][3]
The UCF College of Medicine announced February 11, 2013, that it had received full accreditation from theLCME.[4] On May 17, 2013, 36 students in the College of Medicine Charter Class graduated with their medical degrees.[5]
UCF's College of Medicine is located on the University's Health Sciences Campus in the Lake Nona neighborhood of Orlando. The 50 acre (0.2 km2) campus is located on the eastern edge of Orlando, about 30 minutes from UCF's main campus. The Medical City also currently serves as a home to the UCF Lake Nona Medical Center, theUCF College of Nursing, UCF's Burnett Biomedical Sciences Building,Nemours Children’s Hospital, theUniversity of Florida Academic and Research Center, and theOrlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VA).[6]
| Avg MCAT | 515 |
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| Avg GPA | 3.84 |
| Out-of-state | 33% |
| Male/Female | 58/62 |
Admission to the medical school is based mainly on GPA,Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) score, admissions essays, an interview, clinical work experience, and volunteering activities, along with research and leadership roles in the applicant's history. Background checks on applicants are required by the Association of Medical Colleges in order to prevent individuals with convictions for serious crimes from matriculating.[8] The Class of 2025 had an average MCAT score of 515 and undergraduate GPA of 3.84.[7]
The medical school began clinical education in fall 2009 with a charter class of 41. The college's enrollment has increased in subsequent years and will reach 480 at full enrollment.[9] Full accreditation was obtained in 2013.[10]
The medical school curriculum is four years long. The first two years are composed mainly of classroom basic sciences education, while the last two years primarily include rotations in clinical settings where students learn patient care firsthand. Clinical education is spread across all four years, with the final years being heavily weighted towards clinical rotations. The four-year medical program capitalizes on UCF's existing strengths in biomedical sciences, modeling and simulation.
The Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences houses the Department ofMolecular Biology andMicrobiology, the Biomolecular Science Center, the Medical Laboratory Sciences Program and the Pre-Health Professions Advisement Office. The school offers three undergraduate degrees: aBachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Microbiology, a Bachelor of Science inBiotechnology, and a Bachelor of Science inMedical Laboratory Science. Two graduate degrees are also offered: aMaster of Science in Molecular Biology and Microbiology and aPh.D. program in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Science.
The school was named after Al and Nancy Burnett after receiving a $10 million donation from them. In August 2007, the program was converted to a school under the newly formed UCF College of Medicine from being an independent college. The goal of the school is to build a nationally recognized biomedical research and education enterprise. The Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences is housed in a 198,000-square-foot (18,400 m2) building on the health sciences campus which opened in 2009 and also on the main UCF campus.[11]
The Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Sciences Library was created during the 2009 founding of the College of Medicine through a gift from local philanthropist Alan Ginsburg.[12] The library was named in honor of his late wife Harriet, who loved reading.
The library is located on the second floor of the College of Medicine Medical Education building at the Lake Nona UCF Health Sciences Campus. It has study areas, reading spaces, an information commons, and six public computer terminals.[13] The library is 98% electronic with a goal of becoming 100% electronic in 5 years.[14] In keeping with their goal of becoming 100% electronic, the Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Sciences Library has become the center of the College of Medicine’s iPad Initiative and deployment.[15] The library has been honored by theAssociation of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and by theConsortium of Southern Biomedical Libraries (CONBLS) as a leading medical electronic library for its innovative programs.[16][17]
The college currently offers baccalaureate, graduate, and professional degrees in five distinct programs.
