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
215 215 216 216 216 217 218
222 221 221
225
232
235 236234
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240 239 239
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205
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225
230
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Year of Exam
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U of Penn Mean
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Continuation of CU2000
2000-01 -- 2008-09 Step 2 CK Performance
215 216 216218
220 221
225 226
229229 230 230
235
241
238 237
223 224
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Continuation of CU2000
2004-05 - 2008-09 Step 2 CS Performance
96 98 97 97 9799 99 99 99 98
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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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