Why OHSU School of Medicine?

One of 125 academic medical centers in the nation, OHSU is the only institution that combines healing, teaching, research and service. The School of Medicine has a nationally recognized curriculum that:

• Focuses on learning through problem-solving and hands-on experience;
• Explores a variety ways of addressing societal and behavioral issues in health care, with an emphasis on ethics and innovation
• Puts medical students in touch with patients from their first week of school, and offers the opportunity to work in a variety of medically underserved areas.
• Fosters academic excellence, research innovation and compassionate care.
  

About the School of Medicine

The School of Medicine is divided into basic science and clinical science departments.The faculty members of the clinical departments also are clinicians and investigators, and they staff OHSU's hospitals and clinics. The school offers doctorates in medicine and philosophy (in the basic sciences);master's degrees in science, public health, and physician assistant studies. The school also offers a combined M.D./Ph.D. program, which allows a select group of students to dually prepare for careers in medicine and biomedical research.

In addition, the school offers a bachelor of science degree in the allied health disciplines of clinical laboratory science/medical technology and radiation therapy; a combined certificate and associates degree in emergency medicine technology (offered jointly with Chemeketa Community College); and a post-baccalaureate professional program that results in eligibility for licensure as a registered dietician.

A graduate certificate program recently was launched in medical informatics, a new discipline concerning the storage, sharing and use of biomedical data. Classes are delivered online.

The school has developed and implemented an innovative, nationally recognized curriculum that brings medical students closer to patients earlier than do most other schools' programs, and prepares them to be lifelong learners. Students begin working with patients their first week of school. The curriculum focuses on learning through problem solving, and seeks to better address societal and behavioral issues in health care. In addition, medical students receive a valuable part of their education (and their perspective) in a variety of medically underserved areas - a required component of their primary care training. In this way, the school is working to correct Oregon's provider distribution imbalances.

Several residency training programs offer new physicians the chance to experience the rewards of practicing in a small town. The Cascades East Family Practice Residency in Klamath Falls allows residents to complete their entire three-year program in a rural area.

Mission Statement for the School of Medicine

1. Provide programs to enhance human health, with emphasis on improving health and access to care for all Oregonians.
2. Educate tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals and prepare them for a lifetime of learning, leadership, discovery and service.
3. Develop new medical knowledge and technologies through basic, clinical and applied research.
4. Translate discoveries into effective health care and quality delivery.