Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science
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The Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science is an academic college of Florida Atlantic University located in Boca Raton, Florida, USA. The college houses a regional campus of the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine. This unique public/private partnership enables students to complete their entire medical education in Boca Raton. The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University (UMMSM at FAU) is one of only ten medical schools in the United States to receive an Association of American Medical Colleges grant, supported by the Josiah Macy Foundation, to enhance medical students’ and medical residents’ ability to care for patients with chronic diseases.[1] The medical school is also ranked 33rd in the nation by the Student Doctor Network, a comprehensive pre-health professions resource, "based on the [interview] impressions of premed students from the US and Canada."[2]
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[edit] Departments
Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science is divided into the following two departments:
- Basic Science
- Clinical Science and Medical Education
[edit] Medical program
In 2004, the College of Biomedical Science launched a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) program in conjunction with the University of Miami's Leonard Miller School of Medicine. Known as the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine at FAU (UMMSM@FAU), the collaboration established a regional campus of the Miller School of Medicine at Florida Atlantic's Boca Raton campus. The regional campus at Florida Atlantic is fully accredited under the accreditation granted to the University of Miami School of Medicine by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, the accrediting body for all M.D.-granting medical schools in the United States and Canada.[3] The curriculum's are identical at both campuses. Enrollment is currently limited to 64 students per class.[4]
Two years later in June 2006, Florida Atlantic and Boca Raton Community Hospital approved an agreement between the two institutions to implement a land lease for the development and operation of a community-university affiliated teaching hospital. The hospital, to be called the Charles E. Schmidt Medical Center, will serve as the primary teaching hospital for the regional campus of the Miller School of Medicine at FAU. Facility construction is expected to begin in 2008 with completion by 2011. Approximately 38 acres of Florida Atlantic land, located on the southeast corner of FAU’s Boca Raton campus, will host the infrastructure for the teaching hospital. This will enable medical students to complete their entire education at Florida Atlantic's Boca Raton campus. The private room, 530-bed hospital will provide FAU facilities and resources to support undergraduate and graduate medical education programs customary to primary teaching hospitals within major academic medical centers. The facilities will include resident/student conference rooms, a conference center with teleconferencing capabilities including an auditorium and small group conference rooms, resident sleeping quarters with lockers, resident dining facilities, a resident lounge, a medical library with state-of-the-art IT systems and increased square footage in other areas of the hospital to accommodate students and residents.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Florida Atlantic University: University Communications and Marketing (2006-6-20). "Universityof Miami Miller School of Medicine at FAU Receives Grant to Enhance Patient Care with Chronic Diseases". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-06-23.
- ^ PreMeds' Medical School Index. The Student Doctor Network. Retrieved on 2007-06-23.
- ^ UMSM@FAU. The University of Miami. Retrieved on 2007-05-26.
- ^ UMMSM at FAU Questions. Florida Atlantic University. Retrieved on 2007-05-26.
- ^ Florida Atlantic University: University Communications and Marketing (2006-06-28). "FAU and Boca Raton Community Hospital Reach Historic Agreement to Establish Teaching Hospital on University Campus". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-05-26.
