Dr. Ernest Yoder took time to answer questions about the new College of Medicine, its growth, focus and competition with other medical schools in Michigan. <\/p>\n
The $30 million medical schoolwill welcome its first class of about 60 students this summer. <\/p>\n
More than 2,700 students applied, theschool will grow from about 60 students to 100 in the next several years, and third- and fourth-year students will study in Saginaw. <\/p>\n
CMU will have two facilities in Saginaw, one each at St. Mary's of Michigan and Covenant HealthCare Hospitals. <\/p>\n
CMU partnered with the two Saginaw hospitals to formed a 501(c)3 corporation, Central Michigan Medical Education Partners, to manage five residency programs: emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, surgery and plan a sixth in psychiatry. <\/p>\n
Central Michigan Healthcare, formerly Synergy Medical Education Alliance, will coordinate medical care in the area. <\/p>\n
The medical school has preliminary accreditation, step three of five from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. <\/p>\n
What will it take to welcome the inaugural class of med students and hire 20 new faculty members? <\/p>\n
We've done a lot of work in the last two-and-a-half years. The work can be talked about from the perspective of the institutional setting which has to do with creating culture and atmosphere of a med school, infrastructure, relationships, documentations for how to bring a medical college to life, and creating relationship within local community and within wider campus and colleges here. <\/p>\n
The greatest work is in the education program. Were creating curriculum and instruction and assessment for students and program evaluation. Well setmeasurablegoals and objectives for students. <\/p>\n
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