Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science

The Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science is an academic college of Florida Atlantic University located in Boca Raton, Florida, USA. The college houses a regional campus of the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine. This unique public/private partnership enables students to complete their entire medical education in Boca Raton. The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University (UMMSM at FAU) is one of only ten medical schools in the United States to receive an Association of American Medical Colleges grant, supported by the Josiah Macy Foundation, to enhance medical students’ and medical residents’ ability to care for patients with chronic diseases.cite press release
title =Universityof Miami Miller School of Medicine at FAU Receives Grant to Enhance Patient Care with Chronic Diseases | publisher =Florida Atlantic University: University Communications and Marketing | date =2006-06-20 | url http://www.fau.edu/communications/mediarelations/Releases0606/060614.php | accessdate =2007-06-23 ] The medical school is also ranked 33rd in the nation by the Student Doctor Network, a comprehensive pre-health professions resource, "based on the [interview] impressions of premed students from the US and Canada."cite web | title =PreMeds' Medical School Index | publisher =The Student Doctor Network | url =http://www.studentdoctor.net/medical-school-rankings.asp | accessdate =2007-06-23]

Departments

Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science is divided into the following two departments:
* Basic Science
* Clinical Science and Medical Education

Medical program

In 2004, the College of Biomedical Science launched a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) program in conjunction with the University of Miami's Leonard Miller School of Medicine. Known as the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine at FAU (UMMSM@FAU), the collaboration established a regional campus of the Miller School of Medicine at Florida Atlantic's Boca Raton campus. The regional campus at Florida Atlantic is fully accredited under the accreditation granted to the University of Miami School of Medicine by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, the accrediting body for all M.D.-granting medical schools in the United States and Canada.cite web | title = UMSM@FAU | publisher = The University of Miami | url =http://www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/0,1770,2600-1;31823-3,00.html | accessdate =2007-05-26] The curriculum's are identical at both campuses. Enrollment is currently limited to 64 students per class.cite web | title = UMMSM at FAU Questions | publisher = Florida Atlantic University | url =http://med.fau.edu/biomedical/ummsm_rmc/prospective_students.html#FrequentlyAskedQuestions | accessdate =2007-05-26]

Plans originally called for the construction of a new teaching hospital in coordination with Boca Raton Community Hospital on the main campus. However, following successive budgets deficits, the hospital delayed its participation indefinitely in 2007.cite web | title = UMSM@FAU | publisher = The University of Miami | url =http://www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/0,1770,2600-1;31823-3,00.html | accessdate =2007-05-26] cite web | title = UMMSM at FAU Questions | publisher = Florida Atlantic University | url =http://med.fau.edu/biomedical/ummsm_rmc/prospective_students.html#FrequentlyAskedQuestions | accessdate =2007-05-26] cite press release | title =Boca Raton Community Hospital Receives $75 Million | publisher = PNN Online | date = 2006-01-30 | url = http://pnnonline.org/article.php?sid=7242 | accessdate = 2007-10-12] cite news | last =Pensa | first = Patty | title =Boca Raton Community Hospital loses $28 million, replaces CEO: Plan to build teaching facility set back | publisher ="South Florida Sun-Sentinel" | date =2008-01-05]

References

External links

* [http://med.fau.edu/biomedical Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science]
* [http://www.fau.edu Florida Atlantic University Official Website]