1. PRESENTED TO American Medical Student Association (AMSA) at UT
Training Physicians in the 21st Century
PRESENTED TO American Medical Student Association (AMSA) at UT
September 7, 2016
Jim Donovan, M.D.
Vice Dean, Round Rock Campus

2. Texas A&M HSC The Most Comprehensive Health Related Institution in Texas
Medicine
Pharmacy
Nursing
Dentistry
Public Health
IBT

3. Ten-Year Enrollment The Most Rapidly Expanding Academic HSC in Texas

4. Geographical Distribution The Most Geographically Diverse Academic HSC in Texas
DALLAS
Dentistry
Medicine
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION
Nursing
Public Health
Pharmacy
HOUSTON
IBT
TEMPLE
ROUND ROCK
KINGSVILLE
CORPUS CHRISTI / MCALLEN

5. TAMU HSC College of Medicine
Multiple Campus Model
Dallas
(2nd, 3rd & 4th yr)
Temple / Scott & White
(2nd, 3rd & 4th yr)
Bryan-College Station
(all 4 yrs)
Round Rock
(2nd, 3rd & 4th yr)
Houston
(3rd & 4th yr)

6. Round Rock Campus PHASE ONE
The campus originated in concept in Construction began August 2008.
PHASE ONE: December 2009
4 stories - 134,000 s.f.
Student Services & Admin.
Teaching facilities: Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy
Simulation Center
Lone Star Circle of Care Clinics:
Adult, Adolescent, & Pediatric Primary Care, Integrated Behavioral Health Services, & Pharmacy
PHASE ONE

7. Application
Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service (TMDSAS). TMDSAS is a centralized processing service for applicants to first-year entering classes at the Texas public medical schools.
Applicants are screened for interview on academic performance and intellectual capacity, dedication to service, capacity for effective interactions, special life circumstances, and other compelling factors.

8. What is the Purpose of the Personal Statement?
The personal statement (PS) should express in a well organized, thoughtful and personalized testament the following:
Motivation to seek a career in medicine
The value of experiences relevant to a career in medicine
Goals relevant to the profession
The personal statement can also be an opportunity for the applicant to discuss and put in perspective the following:
personal characteristics (background, talents, skills, etc.) or experiences that would add to the educational experience of others
any unique circumstances or life experiences that are relevant to the application
* The personal statement can be a mirror to character and ambitions.

9. Criteria for Evaluating
Personal Statements
What criteria are most important general considerations when evaluating a statement?
Criteria
Consistency of response
Depth of understanding
Conviction
Social desirability
Conceptualization of questions
Organization
Syntax and Diction
Content

10. “Partially Blind” Interview?
What is a “Blind” or
“Partially Blind” Interview?
The Blind Interview
a one-to-one interview situation requiring at least two and up to three individual interviews per applicant at minutes in length, but the interviewers are “blinded” from the application. The challenge for interviewees is to introduce themselves to the interviewer in a selective yet detailed manner.
The Partially Blind Interview
a one-to-one interview situation requiring at least two and up to three individual interviews per applicant at minutes in length, but the interviewers are “partially blinded” from the application. Only parts of the application, typically the personal statements, are provided.

11. At a Glance: Class of 2019

12. Medicine at HSC-Round Rock
The College of Medicine began providing clinical training to medical students in Round Rock in April 2008, less than one year after receiving funding. First Round Rock class graduated in May 2011.
AY : 53 Phase III Students
AY : 52 Phase IV Students
~34 Preclinical Students
700+ Appointed Faculty
Multiple Disciplines
4 Major Health Systems
City, County and State Government
Major Biotech Corridor
Dell
Google

13. College of Medicine - Affiliations
Baylor Scott & White Health Round Rock
St. David’s Healthcare Partnership:
St. David’s Medical Center
St. David’s South Austin Medical Center
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center
St. David’s Georgetown Hospital
St. David’s North Austin Medical Center
Seton Family of Hospitals:
Seton Williamson
Seton Shoal Creek Hospital
Dell Children's Medical Center
Austin Lakes Hospital
Austin State Hospital
Bluebonnet Trails MHMR
Cedar Park Regional Medical Center
Lone Star Circle of Care
Texas Star Recovery
Austin Recovery Hospital
Central Texas Veterans Health Care System

14. Affordability
U.S. News & World Report ranked the Texas A&M College of Medicine the most affordable medical school in the United States for in‐state students.
Medical students attending the Texas A&M Health Science Center – which tops the list of least expensive public medical schools for in-state students – received the biggest break, paying $16,432 as state residents. The cost of attending this Central Texas med school is nearly half the in-state average among all public medical schools.
“The cost of attending Texas A&M for medical school is approximately half of the in-state average among all public medical schools in the U.S”

15. Competencies for the Future
Leadership
Advocacy
Team Building
Evidence based/Performance driven practice
Patient safety
Systems based thinking

16. Interprofessional Education
“Learning about, from and with one another”
Team Based Competencies
Common content and problem solving
Roles and contributions
Leading and following skills
Culture change for collaboration

17. The majority of care occurs outside of hospital settings
Content to Complement the Biologic Sciences
The majority of care occurs outside of hospital settings
Longitudinal
Community based
Chronic Disease oriented
“Tracks”
Continuity of patients, curriculum, teachers and sites

18. Content expert to Lifelong learner
Content to Complement the Biologic Sciences
Content expert to Lifelong learner
Population Medicine
Social Determinants of Health
Quality Improvement/Patient Safety
Systems Management
Business/Economics of Healthcare
Informatics and “Big Data”
Healthcare Delivery
Professionalism

19. Information Technologies
New Educational and
Information Technologies
Simulation
Telemedicine
On-line learning
“The Flipped Classroom”
Data management
Better assessment of outcomes, both individual & programmatic

20. What’s Ahead ACA – Integrated Health Care
Additional 30M covered lives
Aging – Chronic conditions
Population growth
Shortage of 90K Physicians by 2025
Evidence based care – volume + value + experience
Healthcare delivery changes
Team care / care coordination
Outpatient treatment / alternatives to inpt. care
EHR – integration / population health management

21. QUESTIONS?