Brown Medical School

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Brown Medical School (BMS) is a graduate school of Brown University. It has an enrollment of about 330 students. BMS is overseen by the Brown University Dean of Biological and Medical Sciences, Dr. Eli Adashi.

1 History
2 PLME
3 Other programs
4 External links

[edit] History

The University's medical program started in 1811, but the school was suspended by President Wayland in 1827. In 1975, the first M.D. degrees of the modern era were awarded to a graduating class of 58 students. In 1984, Brown endorsed an eight-year medical program called the Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME).

[edit] PLME

What makes BMS unique is that the majority of its students enter through a program called the Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME). Prospective students apply to this eight-year program, considered one of the most selective programs of any university in the nation, before they begin their undergraduate education. Each year, approximately 60 students matriculate out of an applicant pool of about 1,700. The mission of PLME is to enable students to break free from the constraints of conventional premed education and pursue a challenging liberal arts education steeped in the humanitarian ideals of medicine. Students earn a Bachelor's degree in their concentration of choice after their fourth year, often completing majors in the humanities or social sciences, and automatically enter the medical school to pursue their M.D. degree. Every year a few students decide to leave PLME after their undergraduate years in order to attend another medical school or to pursue another career (e.g. public service, law, teaching, research, etc). PLME is focused on the enrichment and personal development of students and supports students as they develop their passions.

53 students matriculated into the PLME undergraduate class of 2009 and medical school class of 2013.

[edit] Other programs

In addition, Brown offers a joint program with Dartmouth Medical School called the Brown-Dartmouth Medical Program. Approximately 15 students at Dartmouth Medical School enroll in this program annually. They spend the first two basic medical science years at Dartmouth and the next two years in clinical education at Brown, where they receive their M.D. degree. In June 2005, however, the deans of both schools announced that the Brown-Dartmouth program would accept its final class in the fall of 2006, stating that the institutions desired to move in their own directions.

Several other admission pathways exist. The Early Identification Program (EIP) encourages Rhode Island residents to pursue careers in medicine by recruiting sophomores from Providence College, Rhode Island College, the University of Rhode Island, and Tougaloo College to BMS. In 2004, for the first time in almost twenty years, the school once again began to accept applications via the "standard route", from pre-medical students at other colleges and universities. For the Class of 2009, nine students were accepted via this route.

BMS also offers combined degree programs leading to the M.D./Ph.D. or M.D./M.P.H. degrees.