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The College of Human Medicine (CHM), an LCME-accredited medical school, has received national recognition for primary care training (family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics). Using an innovative model for medical education, CHM advances the quality of health care in Michigan and beyond. We promote excellence by combining the strengths of community-based medical education with the power of scientific discovery. Founding faculty held the philosophy of William Osler and Francis Peabody, 19th century physicians who asserted, “the secret to the care for the patient is caring for the patient.” CHM teaches students to understand both medical science and medicine within society, while maintaining a focus on the individual patient’s needs. A cooperative learning environment, combined with individual attention within a comfortable class size, helps our students maintain both their passion for medicine and their personal wellbeing as they confront the rigorous demands of medical education.
College of Human Medicine statistics:
Combined enrollment (over all three blocks) of approximately 475 students.
261 physician faculty members named to the 2007-08 ‘Best Doctors in America’ list.
Sponsoring or affiliated with 59 graduate medical education programs and 872 residents.
In 36 inpatient institutions in seven communities, with more than 11,000 hospital beds, 350,000 admissions per year, and the associated outpatient activity.
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Becoming a Competitive Applicant
Leadership in Medicine for the Underserved and Vulnerable (LMUV)
A competitive applicant to CHM should read the Premedical Handbook and Self-Assessment Guide to become familiar with what CHM is looking for in an applicant, as well as to help assess how well CHM fits with their medical career goals.
CHM has nearly 600 full-time faculty in its clinical and basic science departments and community campuses. Faculty are actively involved with teaching, clinical practice, and research. More than 3300 adjunct faculty provide students and residents with training in the specialties through traditional teaching, hospital rounds, and clinical participation.
CHM seeks a class that is academically competent, reflective of the rural and urban character of Michigan, and representative of a wide spectrum of personalities, backgrounds, and talents. Disadvantaged, nontraditional, and minority students are encouraged to apply. Entering students have significant clinical experience, meaningful community service, leadership qualities, and exposure to research. The average age of entering students is 24 (range: 20 to mid-40s). Some have completed postbaccalaureate studies or hold advanced degrees; others are nontraditional students changing professional direction.
Students are very active in special interest groups, student government, CHM committees, and branches of national organizations. Students volunteer in a variety of clinical settings at all of the CHM campuses and communities, as well as international locales.
For more information:
Visit the CHM Student Organizations web site.
Take a look at something fun from the CHM Class of 2011!
The curriculum integrates basic biological, behavioral, and social sciences using a developmental approach to learning; early teaching of clinical skills and clinical training utilizing a community-integrated approach. CHM students also explore challenges that confront physicians both individually and as members of society, and begin to understand patients and the practice of medicine in a psychosocial context.
For more information about the specific curriculum, visit the Medical Education website.
In 2005, CHM’s faculty adopted a set of learning objectives/competencies to organize the curriculum. It is known as SCRIPT (Service, Care of Patients, Rationality, Integration, Professionalism, Transformation). These concepts are used to direct curricular reform and to track the components of the curriculum. Importantly, SCRIPT maps to the competencies that all residencies use and maintains the professionalism curriculum while preparing students to be successful on USMLE and in the residency match process.
Visit the CHM SCRIPT web page to learn more!
As a community-based medical school, CHM is uniquely positioned to provide students with comprehensive training in clinical settings that most closely parallel the environment in which many physicians typically practice. The College of Human Medicine differs from many medical schools in that there are two locations for preclinical education and that there are educational programs in 36 affiliated hospitals instead of one university hospital.
Preclinical Campuses
Students entering CHM in 2010 will spend their first two years at the MSU Big Ten park-like campus in East Lansing, or the new campus in the rapidly expanding “Medical Mile” area of downtown Grand Rapids. The first- and second-year curriculums, calendar, and examinations are the same at both preclinical campuses.
The first year of medical school comprises lecture-based courses introducing the biological, social, and behavioral sciences as well as small group seminars on clinical skills and patient-physician communication. Students complete courses in gross anatomy, biochemistry, biostatistics and epidemiology, genetics, histology, pathology, human behavior and development, microbiology, neuroscience, pharmacology, physiology, radiology, and clinical skills. The Integrative Clinical Correlations course, the Longitudinal Patient-Centered Experience, and the mentorship program help students integrate their learning by meeting with patients in a meaningful and practical way.
Second-year students learn advanced science concepts in a small group problem-based learning format. By analyzing specific medical problems, students learn to integrate basic science knowledge into typical clinical situations. Small group work is augmented by pertinent lectures and labs. The clinical skills series is coordinated with the medical science topics. Students also take a course in the, "Social Contexts of Clinical Decisions," that integrates diverse themes such as end-of-life care and complementary and alternative medicine into the curriculum.
Students enjoy electives such as emergency medicine, sports medicine, reproductive health, and community resources. They may also participate in elective research opportunities.
Students experience their clinical education (years three and four) at one of seven community campuses located throughout the state: Flint, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Marquette (RPP students), Saginaw (LMUV students), or Traverse City.
Led by a Community Assistant Dean and CHM faculty, each community program is aligned with area hospitals and outpatient facilities that join Michigan State University in creating a rich educational environment for students. The curriculum and evaluation is the same in all communities. All community programs offer electives in both specialty and subspecialty areas. Research opportunities are also available.
For more information about all of our community campuses, please visit the CHM Community Campuses web page. You can also find articles about each campus in the 2009 Spring/Summer edition of MD Magazine.
Community campuses include:
Leadership in Medicine for the Underserved and Vulnerable Program (LMUV) students are based at the Saginaw Campus. Rural Physician Program (RPP) students are based at the Upper Peninsula Campus in Marquette.
Students actively engage in physician-supervised learning experiences as part of the medical team as they complete the advanced clinical curriculum. Required clerkships include internal medicine, pediatrics, family practice, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, surgery, advanced medicine, and advanced surgery. Elective clerkships range from rural family practice to medical care in developing countries to specialties such as infectious disease. Research opportunities are also available.
Students
interested in rural health have the opportunity to complete their clinical
requirements under the Rural Physician Program
(RPP) which incorporates the Upper Peninsula Program. The RPP was established
to meet the special health care needs of patients in medically underserved
rural areas of Michigan by training physicians to provide on-site health care
in these areas.
Interested students may apply to the RPP at the time they submit their Secondary Application.
The Leadership in Medicine for the Underserved/Vulnerable (LMUV) program has a dedicated focus on the clinical and leadership skills and knowledge necessary to serve medically underserved populations in urban, rural, migrant, and international settings. Participants in the program will experience primary care in a rural setting, and women's health and pediatrics in an inner-city setting. All elements of this curriculum, including the international experience, are built around the efforts of the Synergy Medical Education Alliance, complemented by special programming generated by the CHM Saginaw Campus.
LMUV students have the option of traveling to Central America for international experiences. Students travel as a group, supervised by MSU faculty. LMUV students may receive some travel support.
Interested students may apply to the LMUV program at the time they submit their Secondary Application.
The CHM evaluation system consistently provides a broad spectrum of specific performance feedback to the individual student to guide their own development. Markers in preclinical courses are pass, conditional pass, or no pass. Clinical students receive honors, pass, conditional pass, and no pass. Students must pass USMLE Step I and Step II (licensing exam) to progress in the curriculum and graduate. Outstanding students become eligible for induction into Alpha Omega Alpha. Students may also be recognized by selection into the Gold Humanism Honor Society, and by other merit scholarships and awards.
CHM graduates are recognized for their comfort with, and readiness for, advancing clinical responsibility; their well-developed patient-physician communication skills, and their understanding of the patient in context of the culture and community. While there is broad representation across clinical specialties, many graduates choose primary care residencies.
The MSU College of Human Medicine has partnered with universities in Michigan to provide early assurance of medical school admission and enriched experiences for undergraduate students interested in becoming a physician in an underserved region or with an underserved population. Current Early Assurance Program (EAP) partners include Grand Valley State University, Michigan Technological University, and Northern Michigan University.
Students interested in attending medical school at the MSU College of Human Medicine and later caring for underserved populations will complete a program of meaningful clinical and service experiences while attending their undergraduate university. They will receive academic support and advising directed toward medical school admission and to MSU-CHM in particular. During their junior year, students who excel in their undergraduate program may apply to the College of Human Medicine EAP through their undergraduate university.
The decision to admit a student to MSU-CHM rests with the MSU-CHM Committee on Admissions. Selected students are assured of admission to MSU-CHM and begin a relationship with the MSU-CHM during their senior year. Students who select this program may also engage in research if they desire. EAP students will be able to select their preclinical campus location and they will have a priority placement option for their clinical years. Once students accept the MSU-CHM EAP offer, they have completed the medical school application process.
Preference for EAP admission will be given to students at partner universities who are the first generation to attend college, who graduated from a low-income high school, are eligible for federal Pell grants, and those who express and support their interest in a high-need medical specialty area. The EAP is an enriched, interest-directed program; it is not an accelerated program. The MCAT is required and must be taken no later than May of the application year. There is no application fee and students will interview at a convenient location.
Engagement in the communities in Michigan and emphasis on care for the underserved is at the core of the college's mission. This exciting program reinforces the MSU commitment to Expanding Knowledge. Transforming Lives.
The MD/PhD program is a well-integrated training program that combines medical training (MD) with outstanding graduate training, leading to PhDs in traditional areas of biomedical research. In their first and second years, MD/PhD students concurrently take both a selection of medical school and graduate school courses. This provides an opportunity for the students to start on their graduate courses, while also getting to know both their fellow MD and PhD classmates.
The program begins with participation in a laboratory rotation during the summer prior to the first year of medical school. Students begin their research projects by Year 3, and on average these projects should be completed by the end of Year 5. Unique to the MD/PhD program is the introduction of the Integrated Clinical Experience during graduate training (Years 3-5). MD/PhD students stay in touch with their medical colleagues and medical training as they participate in a continuity clinic. These clinic assignments are for one half-day per week in a clinic of interest as selected by the student. MD/PhD students will find another unique feature of the program during their clinical training: the introduction of the Integrated Research Experience. MD/PhD students can take up to three months of research electives during these two years. These electives count as program credit for the Integrated Clinical Experience completed during the graduate training component.
MD/PhD students are expected to complete all graduation requirements for the PhD program and all preclinical requirements before proceeding to the final portion of their MD training, the clinical phase, expected to occur in Years 6-7 of the program. To assure successful completion of the program, the student’s progress is reviewed by the Research Mentor and the Thesis Committee, as well as annually by the MD/PhD Student Progress Review Committee.
The College of Human Medicine welcomes students wishing to pursue masters or doctoral level training in addition to the MD degree. Students are assisted in coordinating and integrating the curricula of both the MD program and the advanced graduate degree program.
CHM offers master's degrees in Epidemiology and in Health Communication. Other combined degree programs can be negotiated.
The ABLE Program is a 13-month enriched academic experience offered annually to an invited group of CHM medical school applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds. Students who successfully complete ABLE are offered regular admission to the entering CHM class. ABLE builds upon and strengthens the participants’ science base through enrollment in upper-level science and medical school courses. To help ensure success, ABLE students receive individual assistance in developing study and learning strategies. ABLE participants are selected from qualified AMCAS applicants; there is no separate application process.
