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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1900 |
| Endowment | $450 million |
| Dean | Ian Dunn |
Academic staff | 1344 (988 Full-Time) |
| Postgraduates | 898 |
| Location | ,, U.S. |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | medicine |
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TheUniversity of Oklahoma College of Medicine is themedical school of theUniversity of Oklahoma, located inOklahoma City. The College of Medicine is part of the university'sHealth Sciences Center. It is one of 150 medical schools in the United States that are fully accredited by theLiaison Committee on Medical Education and the only one located in the state ofOklahoma.[1]
The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine was founded in 1900 as a medical department of theUniversity of Oklahoma at its main campus inNorman. Lawrence N. Upjohn, M.D. is regarded as the "foundingdean" and served from 1900-1904. In 1910, the school merged with the Epworth College of Medicine inOklahoma City. By 1928, all basic science and clinical facilities had been consolidated as what would become theUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, where there was a growingurban population and largerhospital facilities could be supported. By the 1960s, the College and its affiliated hospitals had grown into a large, traditional academicmedical center. In 1974, a geographically separate, community-based clinical campus was established inTulsa, approximately 100 miles northeast of the main campus. Referred to as theOU College of Medicine, the college is the only medical school in Oklahoma that grants theDoctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree.
The College of Medicine has approximately 650 students enrolled in the M.D. degree program. The entering first-year class size increased from 150 to 165 in 2006. A small number of medical students enroll in a combined M.D./Ph.D. degree program. Previously allmedical students spent their first two years at the Oklahoma City campus and at the end of the second year, up to a quarter of each class may elect to complete their third and fourth years clinical experiences at the Tulsa community-based campus. Beginning in 2015 the School of Community Medicine in Tulsa expanded to a full 4-year campus and students had the opportunity to apply to either or both the Oklahoma City main campus medical school, and/or the School of Community Medicine branch campus in Tulsa. The first class having spent all four years of medical training at the Tulsa School of Community Medicine graduated in 2019. In addition to medical students, the college has more than 140graduate students working on doctoral degrees in thebiomedical sciences and 170 students enrolled in itsphysician assistant program.
Applications are processed throughAMCAS and must be submitted by October 15. The minimum scores to apply are a 3.0 GPA and a 21 on theMCAT, however the average scores of students accepted are much higher and fluctuate from year to year.[citation needed]
OU College of Medicine has 17 clinical departments and 4 basic science departments at the Oklahoma City campus.[2]
The College sponsorsresidency and fellowship training in 74specialities and subspecialties of medicine and has approximately 755 residents/fellows in training. The major teaching hospitals affiliated with the College in Oklahoma City are the OU Medical Center, The Children's Hospital, and the VA Medical Center. The faculty practice is known as OU Physicians and includes virtually every medical and surgical specialty and subspecialty. In 2008, the new umbrella brand "OU Medicine" was released to reflect the entire enterprise that encompasses the OU College of Medicine, OU Medical Center, The Children's Hospital, OU Physicians and the University Hospitals Authority & Trust.
At the Tulsa campus, known as the Schusterman Center, programs are affiliated with three hospitals: Hillcrest Medical Center, Saint Francis Hospital, and St. John Medical Center. In 2008, the University announced that the Tulsa campus of the College of Medicine would become theOU School of Community Medicine within the College of Medicine. A separate educational track was developed and implemented with a special focus on Community Medicine. On December 1, 2009, OU and theUniversity of Tulsa announced that the two universities would collaborate to create a four-year medical school in Tulsa.[3] In 2019 theOU Tulsa School of Community Medicine graduated its first class of 30 students who had spent the entire 4-years of medical training at the Tulsa branch campus.[4]
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