Post on 29-Mar-2015
VCOM - Virginia campus Spring VOMA Update
Jan M. Willcox, D.O. FACOFP
Vice Dean Virginia Campus
The MISSION of the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) is to prepare globally minded, community-focused physicians for the rural and medically underserved areas of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and the Appalachian Region, and to improve human health especially of those most in need.
HistoryDevelopment timelines in VA 2001 Charter VCOM
VA 2003 First class begins
VCOM VA 2006 First residency
program developed 2007
First class graduates Final accreditation
visit 7 yrs granted class size increased
to 175
2010 First primary care complete residency and return
2011 First specialty residency completed by VCOM VA grads
residencies in 6 hospitals
with >200 residency positions
Additions to the Virginia campus since 2004
VCOM RBII
2007 VCOM Center for Simulation and Technology
• 2008 VCOM II Biomedical Engineering Research and Conference Center
VCOM opened an over 20,000 square feet research laboratory in 2004 for biomedical research “RB2”
South Carolina Campus
HistoryDevelopment TIMELINES in SC 2008 branch
development begins
2010 Accreditation approved to recruit/admit
2011 First 4 stages of accreditation completes and first class begins SC
•2013 VCOM students will begin clinical program•2015 First class will graduate VCOM-SC
Early Clinical ExperiencesOMS I and II
Appalachian Medical Missions
Free Clinic Experiences Live Pelvic Models Mini-Medical Schools in
Southwest Virginia SimMan Sim Peds Radiology Introduction to the Hospital
(a day with a resident) Geriatric Clinical Experiences
Students value the early clinical experiences and the regional site faculty report positively on the readiness of our students for the clinical years.
CORE CLINICAL ROTATIONS YEAR 3
Family Medicine Internal Medicine –
hospital based Internal Medicine 2 Obstetrics/
Gynecology Psychiatry
Underserved Care Pediatrics Surgery Geriatrics
Structured with core clinical faculty and on-line curriculum at core training sites
Fourth Year Clinical Rotations allows more flexibility
4 Electives 3 Medical Selectives
(one is Emergency Medicine)
2 Surgical Selectives
chosen based on self-assessment of areas where student would benefit most from further education and patient exposure
List 1 Medical Selectives include:
Internal MedicineCritical Care MedicineCardiologyPulmonologyInfectious DiseaseNephrologyNeonatology or Pediatric Critical CareSub-Internship, Junior Internship,
Acting Internship
List 2 Medicine Selectives Include:
Family MedicineNeurologyRheumatologyEndocrinologyFamily MedicineHematology/
OncologyPhysical Medicine/
Rehabilitation
PsychiatryAllergy/ImmunologySports Medicine
(primary care focus)Osteopathic
Manipulative Medicine
GastroenterologyVCOM Medical
Mission
Surgical Selective RotationsOphthalmology*, Otorhinolaryngology*, Oromaxillofacial surgery*, Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Anesthesiology*, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Cardiovascular surgery, Plastic Surgery*, Surgery Trauma Unit, Urology*, Vascular surgery, Urogynecology, Gynecology/Oncology Surgery, Ortho Spine Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Podiatry*.
* May be 2 or 4 week
Integration of OMM Throughout the Curriculum Osteopathic Manipulation is
taught throughout the first two years in a weekly lecture followed by a laboratory session.
OMM lecture and laboratory at the end of each rotation. OMM/OPP questions are incorporated into each of the end of rotation exams
3rd, 4th year and postgraduate -utilizes the text and videos “Somatic Dysfunction in Osteopathic Family Medicine” by Kenneth E. Nelson, D.O., FAAO, FACOFP.
Special Sessions with SAAO
3rd and 4th year students in each region are required to attend monthly OMM skills sessions
VCOM State of the Art Center for Simulation and Technology Center for Competency training. Provides over 500 high
fidelity simulation experiences annually
Provides over 1700 standardized patient educational experiences to 580 medical students annually
The Standardized Patient ProgramTrains students in interview skills physical diagnosis
skills differential diagnosis
of disease plan of treatment writing a progress
note
VCOM trains individuals to simulate patient scenarios utilized in testing at the end of each block in the first and second year as well as end of the third year clinical rotations.
APPALACHIAN MISSION VCOM students and
faculty currently provide medical care in 8 free clinics each Friday. All students have free clinic experience.
Summer Enrichment Program Anatomy Camp (SEE)for students from rural and medically underserved populations to interest them in futures in healthcare
All VCOM student organizations have service mission to the community and region, and many to our international program.
Appalachian Outreach
Each VCOM student is involved in community health experiences including: Mini-Med schools to 15 rural high schools annually Free head start physicals to 15 different head
starts annually Appalachian outreach health fairs to 10 rural
and/or underserved communities annually Each VCOM student spends at least one month
and most three or more in a rural or underserved practice setting with at least one month in a FQHC or Critical Access hospital
Outreach Giles April 22 and Jonesville May 6
Nationally Recognized as a leader in Global HEALTH
VCOM operates permanent – (year round) sustainable clinics in the Dominican Republic and Honduras and mobile clinics to orphanages in El Salvador
VCOM provides 6 additional one week outreach trips in those countries to care for surrounding rural villages that have no care, with over 240 students participating in the 2010-2011 academic year.
The mobile clinic in El Salvador cares for children in three orphanages, one where all children are HIV+.
Received Clinton Global Initiative Recognition for the clinic in the Dominican Clinic
Global Outreach
VCOM faculty and students have provided primary care and preventive services to over 30,000 annually, prenatal care for hundreds not available before, and immunizations for thousands of children who would not have been immunized.
VCOM has responded to over seven disasters in international countries including the Tsunami in India, the Haiti earthquake, a Dengue outbreak, and many Honduran floods.
The global outreach experiences instill in our students an appreciation of public health, community health, and an appreciation of what a physician receives from caring for an underserved population.
Areas of VCOM research include Neurologic
Head Injury Concussions Helmet Study
Nanoparticle (Ceria) on neurological cell protection and healing
M.S. Healthy aging Prevention and Treatment
of Cognitive and Memory Disorders of Aging
Cardiovascular Atherosclerosis Oxidative Stress Metabolic Syndrome Reperfusion studies
Infectious Disease Obesity and Diabetes
research
Inflammation Metabolic triad Lupus Birth injury
Environmental toxicology Water and birth
defects Toxin and free radical
research Musculoskeletal research
Injury prevention Healthy aging Prevention and
treatment of aging spine and joints.
Education mission
Quality education and quality applicants Over 4000 applications in 2010
for the combined 375 positions. Recruit from
54% of students grew spent the majority of their years in centers less than 30,000
COMLEX Board scores in the upper 1/3 of the country.
Low attrition rate (<5%)
Education Mission Outcomes In the first four classes VCOM graduated over 590 physicians Greater than 50% entered primary care
fields (>60% if EM included)
29% entered family medicine 5% entered Pediatrics 18% entered Internal Medicine 6% entered OB/GYN
64 of our graduates in the first four years became Chief Interns and Chief Residents in both AOA and ACGME residency training programs.
VCOM Alumni News
Two class of 2007 alumni Sofia Abraham D.O. and Ann Shaw D.O. will join the VCOM Pediatric faculty and APCA summer 2011.
Daliborka Danelisen, D.O. (VCOM 2007) will join the Psychiatry department in 2011. She will be actively involved in teaching and assist the Chair, Dr. Brian Wood in the development.
Amy Doolan, D.O. is FM and completing the Sports Medicine Fellowship. She has joined the faculty for next year.
VCOM Class of 2007 graduates, Drs. Amy Doolan, Ronna Compton, and Paul Phillips completed the ACOFP Future Leaders Conference in January
Dr. David Danner and Dr. Paul Phillips (2007) provide clinical rotations in Under Served Care for third year students.
Additional Accomplishments Ranked in top ten schools by US
World News and World Report for producing primary care graduates in 2009, 11th in 2010.
Repeatedly ranked as a top school for Hispanic students
Blacksburg VA #1 Small Business Award
Dr. Blood’s tips for giving to your Virginia school Mentorship (shadowing for
premed, young physicians, etc.)
Provide a clinical rotation experience
Scholarship Club participation
Thank you
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and tour the school
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