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College of Osteopathic Medicine Earns High Marks in National Medical Education Ranking
NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM), was recently ranked in the national top 30 in producing primary care physicians, having a strong social mission, and producing quality physicians who work in health professional shortage areas.
In a report titled “The Social Mission of Medical Education: Ranking the Schools,” published in the June 15 issue of the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine, 141 U.S. osteopathic (D.O.) and allopathic (M.D.) medical schools were ranked based on the Medical Education Futures study. The schools were ranked according to their contribution to the social mission of the country’s medical education system. The authors of the study evaluated 60,043 physicians in active practice, who graduated between 1999 and 2001. Data was analyzed to rank the physicians’ alma maters in several areas: primary care physician output, physicians practicing in health professional shortage areas output, and ratio of underrepresented minority graduates. The scores were tabulated to create a composite social mission score for the medical schools.
NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) ranked in the top 30 in a number of categories:
- No. 20 – Health Professional Shortage Area Physician Output
- No. 27 – Social Mission Score
- No. 29 – Primary Care Physician Output
The study was widely covered in the mainstream media, where a variety of stories focused on the fact that prestigious medical schools such as Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (ranked last in the study), Stanford University School of Medicine (ranked No. 123), and Duke University School of Medicine (ranked No. 124) all fared poorly. The study was funded by the Josiah Macy, Jr., Foundation. In their analysis, the researchers utilized data from the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and the American Medical Association.