Best in class UNECOM leads DO schools on U.S. News’ best med schools list U.S. News & World Report ranked eight osteopathic medical schools on its annual list of the best medical schools for primary care. March 20, 2018Tuesday Rose Raymond Contact Rose Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email U.S. News & World Report ranked eight osteopathic medical schools on its annual list of the best medical schools for primary care. The 2019 list was published Tuesday. For the 2019 lists, U.S. News dropped several categories that DO schools have historically ranked highly in, including family medicine, rural medicine and geriatrics. To put together the list, U.S. News relied on surveys it gathered from most med schools as well as test scores, average GPA and the number of students entering primary care specialties upon graduation. Learn more about the ranking methodology here. These are the eight DO schools that received a numerical rank for primary care: No. 69: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, Maine No. 79: Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan No. 79 (tie): Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tulsa, Oklahoma No. 85: University of Pikeville—Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine, Pikeville, Kentucky No. 85 (tie): Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, Pennsylvania No. 90: University of North Texas Health Science Center—Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Worth, Texas No. 93: Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, Harrogate, Tennessee No. 93 (tie): West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, West Virginia See the full list here. More in Training 6 states in 12 months: A guide to life on the road during fourth year Fourth year is what you make it. Rachel Pray, OMS IV, shares how she embraced travel and adventure as much as possible during her fourth year. Being a DO in a heavily MD residency program: What surprised me I was incredibly nervous to join a large MD-dominant internal medicine residency, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much my osteopathic training helped me excel. Previous articleACOM honors anatomical donors with memorial, space for reflection Next articleTCOM student's rocky road to residency
6 states in 12 months: A guide to life on the road during fourth year Fourth year is what you make it. Rachel Pray, OMS IV, shares how she embraced travel and adventure as much as possible during her fourth year.
Being a DO in a heavily MD residency program: What surprised me I was incredibly nervous to join a large MD-dominant internal medicine residency, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much my osteopathic training helped me excel.
Title is a bit misleading, No? More primary care also means less students are going into specialties or competitive residencies. Mar. 22, 2018, at 10:53 am Reply
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