Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine

Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Type Public
Established 1977
Dean (Interim) Paul Ogden, M.D.
Students 600+
Location Bryan, Texas, USA
30°39′20″N 96°20′37″W / 30.655484°N 96.343518°W / 30.655484; -96.343518Coordinates: 30°39′20″N 96°20′37″W / 30.655484°N 96.343518°W / 30.655484; -96.343518
Website http://medicine.tamhsc.edu/

In 1977, members of the College of Medicine's charter class of 32 students began their medical training on Texas A&M University's campus. 1981 marked the year the first medical degrees were awarded, and since then, more than 2,258 physicians have graduated from Texas A&M College of Medicine. In 1999, the College of Medicine joined the newly created Texas A&M Health Science Center.

The college's mission is to improve the health and well-being of the people of Texas through excellence in education, research and health care delivery. The college's vision is to develop the innovators and leaders in medicine and biomedical research who will transform American medicine in the 21st century. With campuses in College Station, Houston, Dallas, Temple, and Round Rock, the college serves as a main academic and medical institution for the population within the area. Currently, all students spend their first year on the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine Bryan/College Station campus, and the remaining years students have the option to finish their education among the different campuses in Houston, Dallas, Temple, Round Rock, or remain in Bryan/College Station.[1]

More than 1,600 basic scientists and clinicians instruct students during the course of their medical education. The college offers M.D., M.D./Ph.D., M.D./M.P.H, M.D./M.B.A., and several other M.D./M.S. dual degree programs.[2]


Training Facilities and Curriculum

Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Clinical Building 1 (CB1) on the Bryan Texas Campus

Beginning in their first year, students are able to supplement their education involving traditional lectures and other learning methods with access to the Clinical Learning Resource Center. Located in the Health Professions Education Building within the Texas A&M Health Science Center, students have access to a center consisting of 20 life-size simulation manikins located within eight simulation rooms that can be set up as an operating room with adjoining scrub sinks, an emergency room, a nursery, labor and delivery room, a 20 exam-table physical diagnosis room, two 10-bed hospital wards, two hospital rooms, 15 examination rooms, a nurses’ station, a medication room, and a simulated home environment. Two-way audio and video cameras in each room function in partnership with the manikin technology to allow administrators to control the manikins’ responses to the care administered by practicing students, while also allowing for real time and post-training review of student's actions.[3]

Beginning in 2015, the class graduating in 2019 in the College of Medicine will follow a 1.5 year pre-clinical curriculum, followed by 2.5 years of clinical training. In addition to a shortened pre-clinical curriculum allowing for clinical exposure prior to taking USMLE Step 1, students will also complete a scholarly research project as well as a concentration area over the rest of the medical school program. Concentration areas include: public health, global health, rural and community health, leadership and health advocacy, business, law, research, healthcare policy, and biotechnology, among others. Students are required to pass the USMLE Step 1 exam prior to starting the third year and USMLE Step 2 CS and CK prior to starting the fourth year. MD-PhD candidates have the option of completing the first two years of the MD program followed by three to fours years of graduate school then clerkship or completing medical school before commencing in the PhD portion of their program.[4]


Teaching Hospitals and Clinical Affiliates

MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas
Central Texas VA Hospital, Temple, TX
Children's Hospital at Scott & White, Temple, TX

Clerkships are performed in different hospitals throughout the state. Students are now given the option to complete their clerkship at different clinical sites to ensure adequate training and exposure for all the students. Among the different clinical affiliates are:

Houston

Dallas-Ft. Worth

Temple-Killeen

Bryan-College Station

Austin-Round Rock

Community Involvement

Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine supports Health for All, a free clinic that provides medical services to indigent population of the Bryan-College Station, Texas area and Martha's Clinic in Temple, Texas. Students are offered a 10-week or 20-week indigent healthcare elective where they provide primary and specialty care for eligible patients. International medical missions to Mexico, Africa and South America have also been made possible through interdisciplinary collaboration between different Texas A&M Health Science Center schools and colleges.

Research Centers, Institutes & Labs

Notable physicians and researchers

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Facilities

References

  1. ↑ "Campuses". http://medicine.tamhsc.edu/campuses/. External link in |website= (help);
  2. ↑ "Degrees Offered". http://medicine.tamhsc.edu/degrees/index.html. External link in |website= (help);
  3. ↑ "Clinical Learning Resource Center". http://www.tamhsc.edu/clrc/. External link in |website= (help);
  4. ↑ "M.D. Program". http://medicine.tamhsc.edu/degrees/md.html. External link in |website= (help);
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