SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
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The programs discussed below will be of special
interest to those seeking admission to
only one specific school, minority students,
high school students anxious to complete
the college-medical school sequence earlier,
those interested in becoming physician-sci-
entists, and those seeking a career in primary
care.
1. Early Decision Program (EDP)--see page
98.
2. Flexible Curriculum Programs
3. Integrated Degree Programs
4. Combined Programs--see page 131.
5. Interdisciplinary Programs
6. Primary Care Training Programs
Flexible Curriculum Programs
A few schools offer some minority students the
possibility of completing the required
courses at a slower pace (usually five years).
Such students must meet regularly with fac-
ulty advisors to demonstrate their progress and
they must pass the standard comprehen-
sive examinations for promotion and
graduation.
Integrated Degree Programs: BA-MD or
BS-MD
These programs permit selected students to
participate in combined undergraduate col-
lege and medical school curricula thus enabling
them to obtain the MD degree in six or
eight years from the time they graduate from
high school. In such cases, individual stu-
dents can obtain their baccalaureate degrees
while enrolled in medical school. You must
realize that the advantage is balanced off by
the fact that in these programs you are com-
mitted to attend one specific medical school
that is linked to the undergraduate institu-
tion, and you are locked into a medical career
at an early stage in life. Thus, students
who find these two significant limitations
acceptable, and who have excelled academi-
cally, are exceptionally mature, socially
adjusted, and able to communicate well, should
carefully investigate integrated programs in
depth. Consultation with advisors in high
school and college as well as with medical
school admissions personnel is highly rec-
ommended, as is securing adequate exposure to
medicine at a medical facility. Beginning
the medical phase of these dual programs is
obviously important in order to have a suc-
cessful record as an
undergraduate.
The following list includes schools presently
offering such programs:
Alabama
University of South Alabama College of
Medicine
California
University of California at Riverside with UCLA
School of Medicine
University of Southern California with School
of Medicine
Connecticut
University of Connecticut School of
Medicine
District of Columbia
Howard University with George Washington
University School of Medicine
Florida
University of Florida
University of Miami School of
Medicine
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