California Experiments With Fast-Tracking Medical School

WayOutWestMom
Sat, 04 Apr 2015 14:50:55 +0000

This initiative isn’t something new.

UCD isn’t the first or only school to offer a compressed medical education program for primary physicians.

Mercer, NYU and Texas Tech all have optional 3 year primary care track programs.

OHSU has transitioned to a new curriculum that is learner-based and allows students to skip coursework if they can prove existing competency in an area. (And thus shortened the overall length of their medical education on a individual, case-by-case basis)

LECOM (Lake Erie College of Medicine in Pennsylvania) also offers a 3 year program for fast-tracking primary care doctors. It’s program has been in existence since 2008.