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NSU’s New M.D. College Receives Preliminary

Accreditation; First Class to Start in 2018

The Nova Southeastern University collaboration, biomedical informatics
(NSU) College of Allopathic Medicine and leadership. The curriculum also
has received preliminary accreditation - a includes a heavy emphasis on research,
major milestone that allows the new technology and innovation throughout
medical school to accept an inaugural the educational program leading to the
class of 50 students into its innovative M.D. degree.
and coveted Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Medical students will train to become
program, which will matriculate in active learners and work in small groups
August 2018. using active inquiry under the direction
The accreditation follows a site visit of a faculty facilitator. Students will be
and a favorable review by a survey team challenged to solve real-world medical
of educators from the Liaison Committee problems using clinical cases and a team-
on Medical Education (LCME), the based approach.
organization that accredits M.D. pro- Compared to passive, lecture-style
grams in the U.S. and Canada. The col- teaching, the college’s curriculum is
lege is now the eighth M.D. program in designed to better prepare medical stu-
Florida and one of only 148 in the dents to interact with patients and health
United States. care team members. During clinical rota-
“The accreditation decision is a trans- Research will be emphasized in the NSU College of Allopathic Medicine’s tions, residencies and as practicing
formational moment in the history of innovative curriculum. Pictured: Dr. Johannes W. Vieweg, founding dean, speaks physicians, these lessons will provide
NSU which brings the university another necessary skills for leadership and
step closer toward NSU’s Vision 2020 and with Dr. Julia James, post-doctoral researcher, and Ron Thomas, B.Sc., upholding excellent standards of care.
its goal of becoming a nationally recog- research assistant, in the NSU Cell Therapy Institute laboratory. After meeting specified requirements,
nized, top-tier university of teaching, (HCA) East Florida and its hospital net- Health Professions Division, using exist- students will enter clinical rotations
research, service, and learning,” said work is the preferred academic medical ing renovated space to accommodate the halfway through their second year of
NSU President Dr. George Hanbury. partner of the new college, providing stu- new M.D. student class and the college’s medical school, providing additional
“NSU has made remarkable commit- dent training experiences in clinically active-learning curriculum. real-world training during the four-year
ments to medical education, research and relevant settings. HCA soon will break To meet demands in all of its life sci- program. Students will have the opportu-
patient care, building a strong founda- ground on a 200-bed hospital which will ence academic programs as well as the nity to apply for clinical rotations
tion for an innovative, research-intensive evolve into a teaching and research hos- M.D. program, NSU is planning to build throughout HCA East Florida’s network
medical program,” said Johannes W. pital on NSU’s campus located within a more than 200,000-sq.-ft., state-of-the- of hospitals, at the West Palm Beach VA
Vieweg, M.D., FACS, Founding Dean of walking distance to the university’s edu- art interdisciplinary medical education Medical Center, and eventually at the
the college. “As a new medical college, cational and research facilities, including building to complement its vast health HCA teaching and research hospital
we are in a unique positon to leverage NSU’s newly opened $100 million, professions facilities and health care cen- planned to be built on NSU’s campus.
institutional resources and external part- 215,000-sq.-ft. Center for Collaborative ters.
nerships to create a new educational Research. Developed by a team of more than 100 For additional information on the college,
model that will transform the delivery of The new college’s educational program medical educators, physicians and visit www.md.nova.edu. Primary applications
health care in our community and will be taught in conjunction with the researchers, NSU’s innovative curriculum for the charter class will be available
beyond.” other seven life science colleges in an integrates didactics on ethics and through the American Medical College
Hospital Corporation of America interdisciplinary fashion within NSU’s humanities, genomics, inter-professional Application Service® in late October 2017.

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