I wish there were more medical schools for applicants to apply to with this model.
Right now the option is traditional medical school MD or DO programs.
Maybe in the future there might be MD programs with a BME component.
I hope more schools start doing this.
At this time a student can major in anything in undergrad as long as they take the premed classes required if considering medical school. I wonder if in the future would a technology background also become a requirement to apply to med school.
General/Organic Chemistry with Lab (3 semesters)
Biochemistry (1 semester)
Biology with Lab (2 semesters)
Physiology, Systems Biology or other advanced biology course (1 semester)
Physics with Lab (2 semesters)
Humanities/Social Science course work as defined by the undergraduate major
Calculus (2 semesters)
Statistics (1 semester)
Multivariable calculus
Differential equations
Linear algebra
A competitive applicant who will be more likely to succeed in our curriculum will also have some experience in:
computer programming and languages
coding
modeling and/or data sciences
healthcare settings
and will demonstrate:
strong interpersonal communication
service
leadership skills
Innovation, design, entrepreneurship, intellectual property, or industrial experience in medical or related settings will be considered a plus.
Carle is only on Stage 2 of the accreditation process. It has not yet had its site visit from the LCME–which is critical for moving on the next step of the process. A new med school cannot accept applications or recruit students until it has been advanced to Stage 3–preliminary accreditation.
So I wouldn’t bet the farm on Carle being open for Fall 2018.
I will also note that the courses you list above are suggested classes for demonstrating competency, not required classes, per the website.
Perhaps it is a good thing to require future doctors knows high tech. But I don’t think this will be required by all med schools. There are so many things to learn to be a doctor, few tech classes in college will be forgotten and be left behind once they are in the med school, unless the med school kept up with technology, which is impossible.
Was a computer system engineer, since I left the field in 1996, I won’t be able to go back to those jobs even one year after I was gone. Technology changes by the minute, a physician is not an engineer, they are required to keep up with the medical advancement, they are not required to learn how to invent new technologies, they are the user of new technologies.
This program is not for everybody. For students that have an engineering background and are interested in the intersection of medicine and engineering this is a program they can consider.
"Curriculum Goals
Develop Physician-Innovators
Creative problem-solvers who challenge the status quo
Technology drivers and implementers
Comfortable in non-traditional teams to create non-traditional solutions to challenges in healthcare
Develop Physician-Leaders
Clinicians with an even higher degree of professionalism & passion
Lifelong learners
Skilled in the discipline of leadership"
Physicians innovators interested in life long learning and research–> current buzzwords used at nearly every US med school to describe their curriculum. The phrase is straight out of recent AAMC education guidelines.
Carle is a niche program appealing to a very specific student sub-group and drawing on UIUC’s engineering reputation. I doubt you’ll see it replicated elsewhere.
Just received an email from this school. They hope to admit 32 students. https://medicine.illinois.edu/admissions/
“We’re proud to offer full four-year scholarships to our inaugural class of future physician-innovators joining us in July 2018.”
Carle has non-tradtional secondary. It's recorded on video. Format seems to be very similar to the CASPer.
<a href="https://medicine.illinois.edu/admissions/how-to-apply/secondary-application/">https://medicine.illinois.edu/admissions/how-to-apply/secondary-application/</a>
"Questions posed to you through the application platform will need a camera enabled phone, tablet, or laptop for response. A question will come up on the screen. You'll have a few seconds to reflect on the answer and after the camera turns on, may have two attempts to respond."
Apparently there will be no on-campus interviews for applicants, but there will be a series of open houses and showcases to meet faculty and see the campus.