Information for Prospective Students
In 1962, the Arizona Board of Regents granted authorization to The University of Arizona to develop a College of Medicine. Ground was broken in May 1966 for the Basic Sciences Building, which was completed in September 1967 and occupied that same month by the 32 students of the first class.
A second class of 32 students entered the College in the fall of 1968, and the first full class of 64 students was enrolled in September 1969. In May 1971, the M.D. degree was granted to the members of the first graduating class. To date more than 2,000 students have graduated from the UA College of Medicine. From 1976 to 1991, the size of the entering class was 88 students. Since 1994, 100 students have been accepted each year. In 2003, the class size was increased to 110. The College of Medicine presently has an enrollment of more than 400 full-time medical students.
The primary mission of the College of Medicine is to provide students with the knowledge and skills basic to the practice of medicine while teaching the fundamental attitudes of compassionate patient care. The college further strives to provide excellent training programs and continuing medical education for residents, clinical fellows, practicing physicians and other health care professionals as well as providing research training programs for graduate students and fellows in the basic and clinical sciences. Everyone at the UA College of Medicine is dedicated to disseminating health information to the public.
New Curriculum Changes for Incoming Students
The College of Medicine implemented a new and exciting curriculum for all incoming students in July 2006. The new curriculum features integrated blocks throughout the first two years combining the traditional basic science disciplines (anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, pathology, etc.) and their application to the clinical sciences. These blocks are largely organized around organ systems. The teaching methodologies include a balance between lectures, laboratories, team learning and small group instruction. There is also an emphasis on early clinical experiences with clinical mentors.
Please see ArizonaMed for more information.
Phoenix Expansion of the UA College of Medicine
The UA College of Medicine opened a new campus in downtown Phoenix October 2006. The campus is located on a 15.7 acre parcel provided by the City of Phoenix for the establishment of the Phoenix Biomedical Campus.
In August 2004, the Arizona University System signed a historic memorandum of understanding that led to the expansion of the UA College of Medicine. In collaboration with Arizona State University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), the new campus is located on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus at Seventh Street and Van Buren Street in downtown Phoenix. The medical school is a key element of the biomedical campus which includes TGen, the ASU Biomedical Informatics Program, the Arizona Biomedical Collaborative (ABC) and possibly future space for the UA College of Pharmacy.
The new campus opened in October 2006 and a first class of 24 medical students will start classes in July 2007. Plans call for the program to grow to approximately 150 students per year by 2015 - more than doubling the number of allopathic physicians graduating in Arizona each year.
Since 1992, third- and fourth-year UA medical students have been able to complete coursework at the Phoenix campus currently located at Third Street and Indian School Road. Each year nearly 90 UA students participate in clinical rotations at several Phoenix-area hospitals. This expansion will allow students to attend all four years of medical school at the new downtown Phoenix location.
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