Update on Undergraduate Medical Education Medical Faculty Senate Gail Morrison, MD Vice Dean For Education Director of Academic Programs April 21, 2010

2 Agenda  Update Curriculum 2000 Class of 2009 – 13 th Class Entered Graduation Class – 2010 Performance on Boards Programmatic Initiatives Curriculum Changes Future Plans Approvals for Continuation of CU 2000

3 Incoming Class of 2009  161 students Ages (mean: 23) 55% male, 45% female  Underrepresented in Medicine 13% Black 6.2% Other Hispanic 6.2% American Indian.62%  Asian Pacific Islanders 20%  Academics: Mean GPA: 3.81 Mean MCAT: % science majors 39% non-traditional students who spent time after undergrad in various activities including Peace Corps, Fulbright Scholar, research at Universities and NIH, Global Health experiences with Clinton and Gates initiatives and Partners in Health, health care business and consulting, Teach for America and AmeriCorps 61 undergraduate colleges/universities in 31 states represented

4 Residency Match 2010  155 graduates 147 received residences 3 will enter post-doctorial research 5 are pursuing consulting/industry positions  Matching at University Programs = 94%  Matching at Community Programs = 6%

5 Specialty Trends, Primary Care (Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Medicine/Pediatrics) 40.3%41.1%43.1%40.4%41.5% Surgery and Surgical Subspecialties ( General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, OMF, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Plastics, Urology) 24%17.2%23.1%22.5%

6 Other Specialty Selections, 2010 Anesthesiology8% Psychiatry5.4% Radiology4.8% Pathology4.1% Dermatology3.4% Emergency Medicine3.4% Neurology3.4% Radiation Oncology2% Obstetrics and Gynecology1.4%

7 Match 2010 Penn Medicine54 HUP40 CHOP13 Scheie Eye1 Harvard Hospitals20 Brigham and Women's3 Massachusetts General Hospital12 Children's Hospital Boston4 Beth Israel / Deaconess1

Matches at Other Premier Institutions InstitutionNumber of Students Matched Duke6 New York University6 UCLA6 NYP Hospital Weill Cornell5 Yale4 NYP Hospital Columbia University3 UCSF3 University of Washington2 Stanford2 Albert Einstein/Montefiore2 Other Schools: Vanderbilt (2), Mt. Sinai (2), Northwestern (2), Johns Hopkins (1), Wash U. (1), U. Michigan (1), UCSD (1), George Washington U (1), Dartmouth (1)

9 Continuation of CU2000

10 Continuation of CU2000

11 Continuation of CU2000

12 Programmatic Initiatives, Increase number of MD students graduating from formal (certification or dual degree) interdisciplinary programs: 40 students will receive dual degrees this May (with 6 students also earning certificates) –22 PhD –6 MBA –5 MPH (1 from Penn, 4 from other institutions) –4 MBE –2 MTR –1 MSc 21 will receive certificates for year out research experiences 5 will receive a Clinical Neuroscience Track (CNST) certificate 9 will receive certificates in Global Health 5 will receive Women’s Health certificates

13 Curriculum Changes  Pre-clinical curriculum : All small groups are mandatory Group exams in Biochemistry, Renal, Pulmonary, Gross Anatomy, Infectious Diseases in Mod 2, MDTI, and Brain and Behavior Cancer-biology longitudinal curriculum implemented Aging longitudinal curriculum implemented (Reynolds Grant)  Clinical: Evidence-based medicine course (Module 4) Prep courses occurring at the Clinical Simulation Center at Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse including ACLS training, clerkship procedural training, scenario training, transition to internship and Botswana rotation preparation. New Frontiers courses –Personalized Medicine: Reed Pyeritz –Environmental Health Science: Trevor Penning & Rebecca Simmons

14 Future Plans  Curriculum Assess how to include Epigenomics/proteomics curriculum design Develop a Radiology diagnostic longitudinal curriculum design

15 Approvals Needed Today

16 Need a Vote

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