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Committee # 5: Medical Students: Admissions

Committee # 5: Medical Students: Admissions. “Issues” relevant to this committee:. Admissions: Process of recruitment Initial selection of medical students Secondary selection of medical students Assessment of the validity of selection criteria

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Committee # 5: Medical Students: Admissions

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  1. Committee # 5: Medical Students: Admissions

  2. “Issues” relevant to this committee: Admissions: • Process of recruitment • Initial selection of medical students • Secondary selection of medical students • Assessment of the validity of selection criteria • The number and types of students in relation to the constellation of resources available . • Goals for gender, racial, cultural, and economic diversity of students. How well meeting goals? • Impact of transfer students or visiting students on the educational program of regular students

  3. Previous “findings” from last LCME visit: • “Limited amount of funding available for scholarships.” [“Among other things, this limits the ability of the college to meet its objectives related to the recruitment of those underrepresented in medicine and disadvantaged students.”] • Two new scholarship funds designated to recruit those students who are underrepresented in medicine and/or disadvantaged: The Daugherty Scholarship Fund (2002) and the Silbiger Scholarship Fund (1995). • In the last six years, seven recipients. • Additional revenue from student fees from main campus. Of the $180,000 received for need-based financial aid awards, $60,000 will be directed to medical students who are underrepresented or disadvantaged. • Offices of Development, Academic Enrichment and Student Affairs/Financial Aid are cultivating new funding resources through strengthening of alumni involvement and donations. Includes the development of URM alumni communications with requests for contributions.

  4. “Transitional area” noted in previous LCME visit : • “The creation of an additional medical school within the state of Florida.” [“could have implications for the funding of the College of Medicine and for its applicant pool.”] • Although Florida State University’s College of Medicine is operational and at student capacity, the applicant pool for USF College of Medicine remains robust. Acknowledge a continuing need to provide innovative solutions for enhanced recruitment to maintain a sufficiently large pool of applicants who possess national level qualifications. • To optimize the ability to recruit outstanding and diverse students, the administration has initiated active efforts in support of admissions to include expansion of the Office of Admissions and creation of the Office of Academic Enrichment. • an assistant director of Admissions has been hired as well as a program director in the Office of Academic Enrichment. • Creative recruitment ideas have been initiated. New initiatives include pipeline/pathway programs, i.e., a six-week pre-matriculation program in advance of Year 1 and a Master’s degree program for students who show potential yet are not quite ready for matriculation into the COM.

  5. Overall Strengths: • Dedicated faculty committee on admissions • Support provided by the existing student ambassadors in recruitment process • Allegiance of the administrators leading the admissions efforts • Dedication to recruit qualified under-represented minorities by the dean and other senior administrators • Development of the series of 7-8 years honors program with various institutions in state, bringing high quality students to USF • Innovative curricular program’s is recruitment tool

  6. Overall Challenges: • Plans for two new medical schools in the state of Florida: how to maintain adequate applicant pool for the USF. • Need to increase diversity of student body.

  7. Committee Recommendations: • Establish a subcommittee of faculty to work in tandem with the Admissions Office to review applicants and make recommendations for an interview utilizing clarified criteria (enacted this summer as the new cycle begins). • Establish a subcommittee of faculty to analyze criteria for validating our admissions decisions. • Based on our college’s stated mission, goals, and educational objectives and the expectations of the community, state and region , assign a College of Medicine committee to review applicant trends, projected need for physicians in Florida counties in 5, 10, 15 years along with demographic data on ethnic and underserved populations.

  8. Committee Recommendations (Continued) . . . • Establish a strong collaborative venture between the Offices of Student Affairs/Admissions, Office of Academic Enrichment and the Development Office to develop and /or strengthen initiatives for identification, recruitment, and retention of quality by: • Expand recruitment efforts including travel to undergraduate schools of interest, re-create of the admissions brochure, develop of a recruitment DVD, and form a “second look” program for accepted applicants; • Nurture ongoing affiliation with undergraduate colleges that can provide us with dedicated and qualified applicants, i.e., Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

  9. Comments Regarding Process: • Productive engagement and discussion with faculty and students. • Hope to see movement on recommendations so not just an exercise.

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