Update on Undergraduate Medical Education

Medical Faculty Senate

Gail Morrison, MD

Vice Dean For Education

Director of Academic Programs

April 21, 2010

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Agenda

Update Curriculum 2000• Class of 2009 – 13th Class Entered• Graduation Class – 2010• Performance on Boards• Programmatic Initiatives• Curriculum Changes• Future Plans• Approvals for Continuation of CU 2000

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Incoming Class of 2009 161 students

• Ages 21-28 (mean: 23)• 55% male, 45% female

Underrepresented in Medicine 13%• Black 6.2%• Other Hispanic 6.2%• American Indian .62%

Asian Pacific Islanders 20% Academics:

• Mean GPA: 3.81• Mean MCAT: 35.7• 61% science majors• 39% non-traditional students who spent time after undergrad in various

activities including Peace Corps, Fulbright Scholar, research at Universities and NIH, Global Health experiences with Clinton and Gates initiatives and Partners in Health, health care business and consulting, Teach for America and AmeriCorps

• 61 undergraduate colleges/universities in 31 states represented

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Residency Match 2010

155 graduates• 147 received residences• 3 will enter post-doctorial research• 5 are pursuing consulting/industry positions

Matching at University Programs = 94% Matching at Community Programs = 6%

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Specialty Trends, 2010

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Primary Care (Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Medicine/Pediatrics)

40.3% 41.1% 43.1% 40.4% 41.5%

Surgery and Surgical Subspecialties

(General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, OMF, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Plastics, Urology)

24% 17.2% 23.1% 22.5% 22.5%

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Other Specialty Selections, 2010

Anesthesiology 8%

Psychiatry 5.4%

Radiology 4.8%

Pathology 4.1%

Dermatology 3.4%

Emergency Medicine 3.4%

Neurology 3.4%

Radiation Oncology 2%

Obstetrics and Gynecology 1.4%

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Match 2010

Penn Medicine 54

HUP 40

CHOP 13

Scheie Eye 1

Harvard Hospitals 20

Brigham and Women's 3

Massachusetts General Hospital 12

Children's Hospital Boston 4

Beth Israel / Deaconess 1

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2010 Matches at Other Premier Institutions Institution Number of Students Matched

Duke 6

New York University 6

UCLA 6

NYP Hospital Weill Cornell 5

Yale 4

NYP Hospital Columbia University 3

UCSF 3

University of Washington 2

Stanford 2

Albert Einstein/Montefiore 2

Other Schools: Vanderbilt (2), Mt. Sinai (2), Northwestern (2), Johns Hopkins (1), Wash U. (1), U. Michigan (1), UCSD (1), George Washington U (1), Dartmouth (1)

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Continuation of CU2000

2000 - 2009 Step 1 Performance

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Continuation of CU2000

2000-01 -- 2008-09 Step 2 CK Performance

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Continuation of CU2000

2004-05 - 2008-09 Step 2 CS Performance

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Programmatic Initiatives, 2009-10

Increase number of MD students graduating from formal (certification or dual degree) interdisciplinary programs:

• 40 students will receive dual degrees this May (with 6 students also earning certificates)

– 22 PhD– 6 MBA– 5 MPH (1 from Penn, 4 from other institutions)– 4 MBE– 2 MTR– 1 MSc

• 21 will receive certificates for year out research experiences• 5 will receive a Clinical Neuroscience Track (CNST) certificate• 9 will receive certificates in Global Health• 5 will receive Women’s Health certificates

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Curriculum Changes 2009-10

Pre-clinical curriculum :• All small groups are mandatory• Group exams in Biochemistry, Renal, Pulmonary, Gross Anatomy,

Infectious Diseases in Mod 2, MDTI, and Brain and Behavior• Cancer-biology longitudinal curriculum implemented• Aging longitudinal curriculum implemented (Reynolds Grant)

Clinical:• Evidence-based medicine course (Module 4)• Prep courses occurring at the Clinical Simulation Center at Penn Medicine

at Rittenhouse including ACLS training, clerkship procedural training, scenario training, transition to internship and Botswana rotation preparation.

• New Frontiers courses– Personalized Medicine: Reed Pyeritz– Environmental Health Science: Trevor Penning & Rebecca Simmons

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Future Plans

Curriculum• Assess how to include Epigenomics/proteomics curriculum design• Develop a Radiology diagnostic longitudinal curriculum design

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Approvals Needed Today

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Need a Vote

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