University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
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The University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine began in 1971. The school offers an accelerated combined Bachelor/MD program based on a six-year curriculum. The school of medicine
admits students into the program directly from high school and within six years the graduates attain an undergraduate and a doctor of medicine
degree (BA/MD) from UMKC
. The curriculum integrates the liberal arts, basic sciences, and clinical sciences with a team approach to learning. More than 2,000 physician
s have graduated from the UMKC–SOM six-year combined degree program.
The school of medicine is located in the Hospital Hill
neighborhood of Kansas City
, MO, and is physically attached to the Truman Medical Center hospital complex (the primary teaching hospital).
In the fifth year of the program, after successful completion of USMLE Step 1, students begin their core rotations and electives. As of 2007-8, the rotation requirements are two months each in Pediatrics, Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology, followed by one month each in Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care (either Adult or Pediatric), Family Rural Preceptorship, and electives pertinent to each student's chosen specialty. While on these required/elective rotations students maintain their continuity clinic obligations, maximizing clinical exposure.
Unique to the UMKC-SOM experience is an emphasis on non-physician care. In addition to their more traditional medical school rotations, students must complete a series of two-week long rotations with non-physician members of medical staff (primarily nurses).
UMKC-SOM also offers 15 specialty residency
programs and 20 subspecialties.
UMKC-SOM will be opening the Kansas City Free Eye Clinic in 2010, which will offer eye exams, prescription glasses, outpatient surgeries, and other visual health services.
Subspecialty Fellowships
Community and Family Medicine
Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Diseases
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Interventional Cardiology
Orthopedic Surgery
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pathology
Pediatrics
Radiology
Surgery
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
admits students into the program directly from high school and within six years the graduates attain an undergraduate and a doctor of medicine
Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...
degree (BA/MD) from UMKC
University of Missouri–Kansas City
The University of Missouri–Kansas City is a public university located in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. It is a branch of the University of Missouri System. Its main campus is in Kansas City's Rockhill neighborhood east of the Country Club Plaza...
. The curriculum integrates the liberal arts, basic sciences, and clinical sciences with a team approach to learning. More than 2,000 physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
s have graduated from the UMKC–SOM six-year combined degree program.
Location
Hospital Hill
Hospital Hill is a neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri. The neighborhood is located between 22nd Street to 25th Street and Gillham Road to Troost Avenue. This name reflects not only the geography on which the buildings rest, but also a history of public hospitals on the same site dating back to...
neighborhood of Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
, MO, and is physically attached to the Truman Medical Center hospital complex (the primary teaching hospital).
The Docent Experience at UMKC
A distinctive aspect of the UMKC School of Medicine is the docent experience. In the docent education system, students are divided into groups of about 12 and are assigned to a practicing Internal Medicine physician who is then referred to as their "Docent." In the first two years, students are assigned to docents for internal medicine (year one), pediatrics/OB-Gyn, Psychiatry, Geriatrics, and other primary care fields (year two). When students have completed much of their basic coursework they are "promoted to the Hill." Hospital Hill is the location of the UMKC Health Sciences Center, as well as Truman Medical Center and Children's Mercy Hospital (two of the medical school's associated institutions). At this point, the students are given their own offices and become more involved in hands-on patient care. This is a crucial way to ensure the students learn about continuing care.In the fifth year of the program, after successful completion of USMLE Step 1, students begin their core rotations and electives. As of 2007-8, the rotation requirements are two months each in Pediatrics, Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology, followed by one month each in Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care (either Adult or Pediatric), Family Rural Preceptorship, and electives pertinent to each student's chosen specialty. While on these required/elective rotations students maintain their continuity clinic obligations, maximizing clinical exposure.
Unique to the UMKC-SOM experience is an emphasis on non-physician care. In addition to their more traditional medical school rotations, students must complete a series of two-week long rotations with non-physician members of medical staff (primarily nurses).
UMKC-SOM also offers 15 specialty residency
Residency (medicine)
Residency is a stage of graduate medical training. A resident physician or resident is a person who has received a medical degree , Podiatric degree , Dental Degree and who practices...
programs and 20 subspecialties.
Student Organizations
UMKC-SOM runs a student-operated outpatient clinic on Sundays called the Sojourner Free Health Clinic. It caters to the under-served adult population of Greater Kansas City, offering physical exams, prescription drugs, lab work, and various social services free of charge. Students have logged more than 2,600 volunteer hours and have seen more than 530 patients since the clinic opened in 2004.The Sojourner Free Health Clinic has recently partnered with the UMKC Schools of Social Work and Pharmacy.UMKC-SOM will be opening the Kansas City Free Eye Clinic in 2010, which will offer eye exams, prescription glasses, outpatient surgeries, and other visual health services.
Associated hospitals
- Truman Medical Center-Hospital HillTruman Medical Center-Hospital HillTruman Medical Center–Hospital Hill is an acute care and outpatient hospital located in Kansas City, Missouri at 2301 Holmes Street.-Hospital background:...
- Truman Medical Center-Lakewood
- Children's Mercy HospitalChildren's Mercy HospitalChildren's Mercy Hospital is a comprehensive pediatric hospital located in Kansas City, Missouri that provides medical care to patients from birth to 18 years of age. Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics is the only free-standing children's hospital between St. Louis and Denver.-The Berry...
- Western Missouri Mental Health Center
- Saint Luke's Hospital
- Saint Luke's Northland
- Baptist-Lutheran Medical Center
- Menorah Medical CenterMenorah Medical CenterMenorah Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Overland Park, Kansas at 5721 West 119th Street. It is part of the HCA Midwest Division.Multiple shots of the main entrance where used in multiple episodes of Disney Channel's Good Luck Charlie....
- Research Medical CenterResearch Medical CenterResearch Medical Center is a hospital located in Kansas City, Missouri at 2316 East Meyer Boulevard. It is part of the HCA Midwest Division.-Hospital Background:Research Hospital is less than 2 miles away from Research Medical Center-Brookside Campus...
- Trinity-Lutheran Hospital
- Overland Park Regional Medical Center
- Providence Medical Center
- Shawnee Mission Medical CenterShawnee Mission Medical CenterShawnee Mission Medical Center is a full service 383-bed Seventh-day Adventist hospital located in Merriam near Interstate 35 at 9100 W. 75th St in Johnson County, Kansas...
Programs Available at the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine - Graduate Medical Education
Residencies- Anesthesiology
- Emergency Medicine
- Family & Community Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Medicine/Pediatrics
- Obstetrics/Gynecology
- Ophthalmology
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Pathology
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Radiology
- Surgery
Subspecialty Fellowships
Community and Family Medicine
- Geriatrics
- Sports Medicine
Internal Medicine
- Cardiology
Cardiovascular Diseases
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Interventional Cardiology
- Critical Care
- Gastroenterology
- Hematology/Oncology
- Infectious Diseases
- Pulmonary/Critical Care
- Sleep Medicine
Orthopedic Surgery
- Sports Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Maternal Fetal Medicine
Pathology
- Pediatric Pathology
Pediatrics
- Allergy and Immunology
- Critical Care
- Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
- Emergency Medicine
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Hematology/Oncology
- Infectious Diseases
- Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine
- Nephrology
Radiology
- Neuroradiology
- Neurointerventional Radiology
- Pediatric Radiology
- Thoracic Radiology
Surgery
- Pediatric Surgery
- Pediatric Surgical Critical Care