Central Michigan University School of Medicine Update

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Central Michigan University School of Medicine
Update

• Cam Enarson, MD, MBA
• Interim Dean
• October 6, 2009

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Stages of LCME Accreditation

• Applicant
• Candidate
• Preliminary
• Provisional
• Full

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Timeline

• Fall 2012
• 100 students per class
• M.D. program

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I. Institutional Setting

• Formal delineation of the relationship between
  the medical school and university (bylaws)
• Governance structure
• Appointment of the Founding Dean
• Appointment of the senior leadership within the
  deans office education, student affairs,
  hospital affairs, administration finance
• Appointment of administrative leadership for
  academic units with major instructional
  responsibilities
• Chartering of standing committees admissions,
  curriculum, faculty promotion tenure, student
  advancement 

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II. Educational Program

• Program objectives (competencies)
• Detailed layout of first year of study
• Specification of teaching and evaluation methods
  to facilitate achievement of program objectives
• System for curricular management and review
• System for educational program evaluation

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Curriculum

• Minimum of 130 weeks of instruction
• Opportunities for active learning and independent
  study
• Laboratory or other practical opportunities to
  apply scientific method
• Current concepts in basic and clinical sciences
• Behavioral and socio-economic subjects

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Curriculum continued

• Clinical instruction to include preventive,
  acute, chronic, continuing, rehabilitative, and
  end-of-life care
• Clinical experience in primary care
• Clinical experiences in in-patient and
  out-patient settings
• Communication skills
• Ethics and human values
• Clinical and translational research
• Service learning opportunities

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III. Medical Students

• Admission policies and selection criteria
• Resources for academic counseling, financial aid,
  health services, personal counseling
• Written standards and procedures for evaluation,
  advancement, and graduation of students and for
  disciplinary action
• Standards of conduct for the teacher-learner
  relationship

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IV. Faculty

• Written policies and procedures for faculty
  appointment, promotion, and tenure
• Hiring of sufficient faculty for year one of
  instruction and as needed for implementation of
  plans for admissions, curricular planning
  management, and student support
• Recruitment plan and timeline for hiring of
  faculty for second year of the educational
  program

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V. Educational Resources

• Budgets and supporting financial resources for
  the first five years of operation
• Classroom space and supporting educational
  infrastructure for the first year of instruction
• Plans for classroom space and supporting
  educational infrastructure for the second year of
  study
• Library and technology resources
• Identification of clinical teaching sites

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Status of CMU School of Medicine Development

• Clinical affiliations
• Facilities
• Budget
• Fundraising plan

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• Clinical Affiliations
• Support a distributed clinical education model
• Central Michigan Community Hospital
• Mid-Michigan Health
• Covenant Health Care, St. Marys of Michigan,
  Synergy Medical
• Other regional affiliates

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CMU Health Professions Building Addition
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CMU Health Professions Building Addition
First Floor
Kitchen Lounge
Library
Faculty Offices
Student Affairs office Suite
Group Study
Restrooms
Quiet Study
Large Lecture Hall
Small Group Study Rooms
Lecture Room
First Floor Axonometric View
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CMU Health Professions Building Addition
Second Floor
Simulator Room
Lecture Room
Faculty Offices
Student Study Area
Deans Office Suite
Restrooms
Exam Rooms
Resource Lab
Anatomy Labs
3D View of Second Floor
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School of Medicine Facility

• Approx. 60,000 gr. sq. ft. addition to HP
  Building

• Teaching Space 20,905 sq. ft.
• Lecture Hall (125 person)
• Small Group Rooms (11)
• Discussion Rooms (2)
• Cadaver Lab (2)/Resource Room
• Simulation Rooms (2)
• Clinical Skills Exam Rooms (12)
• Faculty/Administrative Space 6,770 sq. ft.
• Student Affairs (admissions/financial aid)
• Faculty Offices (25)
• Deans Office

• Student Services Space 7,200 sq. ft.
• Library Collection/Reserves
• Learning Commons
• Quiet Study
• Lounge/Kitchen

• 24M total cost (University Reserves, Gifts (
  10M), Grants)
• School of Medicine initial use then revert to
  College of Health Professions

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Finances

• Diverse sources of revenue
• Tuition (student debt)
• Grants and contracts
• Practice plan income
• Gifts/endowments
• University support
• Capital Campaign 25 M
• Mount Pleasant facility
• Saginaw facility
• Scholarships
• Operations

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Student Debt

• Mean Debt, Indebted Graduates 2008
• Public 143,140 (10 increase)
• Private 173,304 (11 increase)
• Students with Debt Greater than 200,000
• Public 18
• Private 41
• Cost of Medical School, M1 In-state Tuition
  (2008-09)
• Median Public 24,809 ( increase 8)
• Private 43,360 (increase 3)
• Source AAMC

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Benefits to the University

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• Enhance the Universitys regional and national
  reputation and increase the prestige of a CMU
  degree.
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• Promote increased undergraduate interest in CMU
  particularly in the biomedical sciences. This is
  of particular importance given projections about
  high school graduate numbers in Michigan over the
  next 5-10 years.
• Attract even more qualified students to CMU.
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• Enhance the Universitys ability to obtain
  extramural finding for research and academic
  programs. Promote development of new doctoral
  programs.
• The development of the School of Medicine will
  create opportunities across campus for existing
  programs in addition to creating new programs
  that will enhance CMUs academic portfolio.
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Benefits to Community and Region

• The medical school will enhance CMUs
  interactions and relationship with the community
  and region.
• The CMU School of Medicine will facilitate
  improved health care in central and northern
  Michigan.
• Recruitment and retention of physicians is
  enhanced by the opportunity to be involved in
  medical education
• The curriculum is being designed to train
  physicians who want to live and practice in this
  region once they complete residency training.
• The CMU School of Medicine will be a factor in
  attracting new faculty to CMU and trained and
  highly skilled persons to this region. Access to
  high quality medical care is often an important
  determinant of where to relocate.

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Questions