College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Northwest

College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Northwest
Established	2011
Type	Private
Admin. staff	15
Postgraduates	107
Location	Lebanon, Oregon, USA 44°32′57″N 122°54′37″W / 44.5492°N 122.9104°W / 44.5492; -122.9104Coordinates: 44°32′57″N 122°54′37″W / 44.5492°N 122.9104°W / 44.5492; -122.9104
Campus	Rural
Website	westernu.edu/northwest-campus

College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Northwest (COMP Northwest) is a non-profit, private, medical school for osteopathic medicine located in Lebanon in the U.S. state of Oregon. Opened in 2011, the school is a branch campus of Western University of Health Sciences' College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, and is operated in partnership with Samaritan Health Services.

History

Plans for the school were announced as early as 2007,^[1] and in January 2008 it was announced the school would partner with Willamette Valley based Samaritan Health Services.^[2] A year later, the planned school received accreditation by the American Osteopathic Association,^[3] and in June 2009 groundbreaking took place for the first building on the campus, a 55,000-square-foot (5,100 m²) structure owned by Samaritan Health Services and leased to the school.^[4] That building was estimated to cost $15 million to build, and COMP Northwest signed a 20-year lease on the building.^[5] During the 76th Oregon Legislative Assembly, the Senate passed a resolution congratulating the college for opening.^[6] The school opened in August 2011 with an initial enrollment of 107 students, and 15 full-time faculty members.^[7] At that time tuition was $47,000 and the college planned to eventually grow to 400 students.^[7]

Campus

The campus is located across the street from Samaritan Health Services' Lebanon Community Hospital.^[7] The College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific previously provided students for residencies at the hospital before the new branch campus opened.^[7] COMP Northwest's campus relies heavily on distance learning, with approximately 80 percent of instruction time received via the main California campus of the university.^[7] The campus has a single, two-story building leased from Samaritan Health Services, with an option to buy the building and construct additional buildings at the location.^[7]

References

1. ^ Oden, Betty (November 11, 2009). "Western University Samaritan Campus Phase 1". Daily Journal of Commerce. http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/11/11/western-university-samaritan-campus-phase-1/. Retrieved 1 August 2011. 
2. ^ Blancett, Molly (January 15, 2008). "Medical school coming to Lebanon". KVAL.com. Fisher Communications. http://www.kval.com/news/13822412.html. Retrieved 1 August 2011. 
3. ^ "Medical school for Lebanon gets green light". The Oregonian. The Associated Press. January 16, 2009. http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/medical_school_for_lebanon_get.html. Retrieved 1 August 2011. 
4. ^ "Samaritan, WesternU break ground on health sciences campus". News & Events. Samaritan Health Services. July 1, 2009. http://www.samhealth.org/aboutus/newsevents/featuredarticles/Pages/healthsciencescampusceremony.aspx. Retrieved 1 August 2011. 
5. ^ Weinstein, Nathalie (June 25, 2009). "Medical school breaks ground in Lebanon". Daily Journal of Commerce. http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/06/25/medical-school-breaks-gound-in-lebanon/. Retrieved 1 August 2011. 
6. ^ "Senate Resolution 2". 2011 Regular Session. Oregon Legislature. http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measures/sr1.dir/sr0002.intro.html. Retrieved 1 August 2011. 
7. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Budnick, Nick (July 31, 2011). "Osteopathic medical school to open next week in Lebanon, Oregon". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2011/07/osteopathic_medical_school_to.html. Retrieved 1 August 2011. 

External links

• COMP Northwest