Transcript VCOM - Virginia campus Spring VOMA Update

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, communityfocused 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.
History
Development 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
2007 VCOM Center for
Simulation and Technology
VCOM opened an over 20,000 square
feet research laboratory in 2004 for
biomedical research “RB2”
• 2008 VCOM II Biomedical
Engineering Research and
Conference Center
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VCOM RBII
South Carolina Campus
History
Development 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 Experiences
OMS I and II
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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
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
 Underserved Care
 Internal Medicine –
hospital based
 Pediatrics
 Internal Medicine 2
 Geriatrics
 Obstetrics/ Gynecology
 Psychiatry
 Surgery
Structured with core
clinical faculty and
on-line curriculum at
core training sites
Fourth Year Clinical
Rotations allows more
flexibility
chosen based on self-assessment of areas
where student would benefit most from
further education and patient exposure
 4 Electives
 3 Medical Selectives
 (one is Emergency Medicine)
 2 Surgical Selectives
List 1 Medical Selectives
include:
 Internal Medicine
 Critical Care Medicine
 Cardiology
 Pulmonology
 Infectious Disease
 Nephrology
 Neonatology or Pediatric Critical Care
 Sub-Internship, Junior Internship, Acting
Internship
List 2 Medicine Selectives
Include:
 Family Medicine
 Neurology
 Rheumatology
 Endocrinology
 Family Medicine
 Hematology/
Oncology
 Physical Medicine/
Rehabilitation
 Psychiatry
 Allergy/Immunology
 Sports Medicine
(primary care focus)
 Osteopathic
Manipulative Medicine
 Gastroenterology
 VCOM Medical Mission
Surgical Selective Rotations
Ophthalmology*, 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 Program
Trains 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
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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
Please come to Blacksburg
and tour the school
www.vcom.vt.edu