TCU & UNT Health Sciences Center announced their intention today to build a medical school in Fort Worth--alongside an existing DO school. It appears the DOs are none too pleased...and probably for good reason. They are going to be stepping all over each other. And I cannot imagine where they will all rotate.
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/lo...e26585644.html
This is the FOURTH new Texas medical school set to open in the next 5 years. Dell Medical School in Austin opens soon--it will undoubtedly be a success because medical school in Austin, duh. Another DO school is proposed in San Antonio. Yet another is being built in the Rio Grande Valley (which honestly is probably the most needed of the bunch as it is a really underserved area, although that certainly doesn't guarantee people will stay there to practice).
Texas already has 9 schools:
UTSW--Dallas
UT Houston
Baylor--Houston
Texas Tech--Lubbock
Texas Tech--El Paso
UTMB--Galveston
UT San Antonio
Texas A&M (Temple, I think)
And the aforementioned UNT DO School
WTH are we going to do with all of these new medical students without a corresponding increase in residency spots? Are other states expanding like this? The reason of "addressing the doctor (specifically primary care) shortage" is always given, but what is the point without new residency spots?
On another note, if you have a kid wanting to be a doctor, consider moving to Texas, but the tuition is cheap and it looks like it is going to be a heck of a lot easier to get into med school here in the next 5-10 years!
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/lo...e26585644.html
This is the FOURTH new Texas medical school set to open in the next 5 years. Dell Medical School in Austin opens soon--it will undoubtedly be a success because medical school in Austin, duh. Another DO school is proposed in San Antonio. Yet another is being built in the Rio Grande Valley (which honestly is probably the most needed of the bunch as it is a really underserved area, although that certainly doesn't guarantee people will stay there to practice).
Texas already has 9 schools:
UTSW--Dallas
UT Houston
Baylor--Houston
Texas Tech--Lubbock
Texas Tech--El Paso
UTMB--Galveston
UT San Antonio
Texas A&M (Temple, I think)
And the aforementioned UNT DO School
WTH are we going to do with all of these new medical students without a corresponding increase in residency spots? Are other states expanding like this? The reason of "addressing the doctor (specifically primary care) shortage" is always given, but what is the point without new residency spots?
On another note, if you have a kid wanting to be a doctor, consider moving to Texas, but the tuition is cheap and it looks like it is going to be a heck of a lot easier to get into med school here in the next 5-10 years!
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