ILS Program Office
318R Bowman Hall
E-mail: bsmd@kent.edu
Tel: 330-672-3015
Web: http://www.kent.edu/Academics/bs-md

Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

The Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM) was established in 1973 by an act of the Ohio General Assembly. The college is a consortium of The University of Akron, Kent State University and Youngstown State University. NEOUCOM is fully accredited by the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association. The first class graduated in the spring of 1981.

The college was established to provide new opportunities in medical education. Its purpose is to prepare well-qualified physicians who are oriented to the practice of medicine at the community level, especially primary care and family medicine. The medical training required in the program is combined and integrated with university coursework in order to produce physicians who are well-grounded in the sciences, humanistic in their approach to patients and liberally educated.

This program requires that students be enrolled for 11 months in each of the six academic years. Phase I of the program is spent on one of the three university campuses. Phase I begins with a summer term and continues through two academic years and two additional summer terms. During this period, coursework is focused on studies in the behavioral and basic pre-medical sciences. It also includes orientation to clinical medicine and work in the humanities.

Phase II of the program involves intensive medical training and may be accompanied by summer coursework in the humanities. In the first year of Phase II, students study the basic medical sciences, including anatomy, physiology and microbiology, at the NEOUCOM Basic Medical Sciences Campus in Rootstown. Students may return to the university campus for the summer term following this year to complete any requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree.

In the remaining three years of Phase II (years four, five and six of the overall program), students develop competence in the clinical aspects of medicine through instruction provided principally at one or more of the community hospitals associated with the program.

Admission and Advancement

Eligibility for Admission
High school seniors and recent high school graduates, having demonstrated appropriate academic competence and motivation toward a career in medicine, will be considered for admission into the first year of this program by one or more of the three sponsoring consortium universities.

Interested students should apply directly to the Office of Student Affairs, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, P.O. Box 95, Rootstown, OH 44072-0095, following completion of the preliminary AMCAS medical school application process.

Evaluation of Progress
Progress through the first two years of this program will be based on academic performance and development of personal maturity appropriate to assumption of professional responsibility. An Academic Review and Promotion Committee including university and College of Medicine faculty will assess these factors each year and will recommend students for promotion and formal admission to Phase II of the program.

How to Apply
To apply to the program, write to Kent State University, Admissions Office, 204 Kent Student Center, P.O. Box 5190, Kent, OH 44242-0001, and request application forms for the B.S./M.D. degree program. Inquiries may be directed to the Office of Integrated Life Sciences, 330-672-3015.

Cost
The university in which the students are enrolled will assess its normal undergraduate fees for the first and second years. Fees for the third through sixth years will be set by the College of Medicine Board of Trustees and will not be significantly different from the fees that Ohio residents now pay to attend publicly supported medical schools elsewhere in the state.

B.S. in Integrated Life Sciences

Phase I Curriculum