Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
Established	2007
Type	Private, Non-Profit
Affiliation	Judaism
Dean	Robert B. Goldberg, D.O.
Academic staff	675 Full- and Part-time[1]
Students	514[2]
Location	Harlem, Manhattan, New York, United States
Campus	Urban
Tuition (2014)	$48,140 [3]
Website	tourocom.touro.edu

The Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) is a private, American osteopathic medical school with a campus in the neighborhood of Central Harlem in New York City, New York as well as a campus located in Middletown, New York. The university's inaugural class was in 2007 and graduated its first class in 2011.^[4] It was the first medical school to open in New York State in nearly 30 years and is the first osteopathic medical school with a special emphasis on training minority doctors.^[5] TouroCOM currently has a student body of about 514 students.^[2] The school is a division of Touro College.^[6]

TouroCOM has a stated goal of particularly identifying and recruiting students willing to make a commitment to practice in underserved communities, such as Harlem.^[7] The neighborhood has been designated by the federal government as underserved by medical professionals.^[8] Community service events such as free health counseling, screenings, and flu shots are offered to local residents by students and faculty several times a year.^[9]

Admissions

Admission to Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine is very selective. For the Class of 2018, TouroCOM received 6,000 applications for 270 seats in the Manhattan school. ^[10] Matriculants to the 2013 entering class for the D.O. program had an average MCAT of 30.8.^[11]

Academics

TouroCOM offers 2 degree-granting programs:

• Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)^[12]
• Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies (MS)^[13]

Students finishing the Masters Program with a 3.5 average or above, and passing administered shelf exams, may be granted admission into Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine and may be eligible for a DO degree.^[14]

TouroCOM’s DO program curriculum follows the traditional division of medical education in the United States. The first two preclinical years include basic science courses such as anatomy, biochemistry, and physiology as well as courses to establish a foundation in osteopathic manipulative techniques. ^[15] The latter two years revolve around the Clinical Clerkships where students train in hospitals and facilities around the NY metro area. ^[16] TouroCOM is the first medical school to administer all testing online, giving professors the analytics to closely track student progress and outcomes. Lectures are pre-recorded and class time is dedicated to stimulating critical thinking approaches and solving challenges through "clicker sessions." ^[17]

Campuses

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine is located at 230 West 125th Street, diagonally across from the historic Apollo Theater in Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood. The facility provides approximately 75,000 square feet (7,000 m²) devoted to medical education.^[18] The school contains amphitheater-style lecture halls, classrooms, offices, support facilities, clinical skills training facilities, and laboratories. The virtual library includes more than 50,000 books and 1,000 journals, 26,000 electronic journals, virtual resources, more than 80 computer workstations, multimedia areas, and reading spaces.^[18]

In August 2014, a larger campus opened in Middletown, New York. 135 students were accepted to the first class at that campus, to graduate in 2018.^[19][20]

In 2009, students from Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine worked with DKMS Americas (along with assistance from the Harlem community and the Apollo Theater) to arrange a Bone Marrow Registration Drive that resulted in about 200 new bone marrow registrants.^[21] The drive was inspired by the need to find a bone marrow donor match for Jasmina Anema, a six-year-old African American girl fighting leukemia, who died in 2010.^[22][23]

Accreditation

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education^[24] and received the status of initial award of accreditation from the American Osteopathic Association's Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation. (COCA).^[4][25]

Notable faculty

• David Paterson ^[26][27]
• Conrad Fischer ^[28]

See also

• Touro College
• Osteopathic medicine in the United States

References

External links

• Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine

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