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Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Bright Minds – Bright Future for Medical Education

   

Virginia Tech and Carilion Clinic have brought together some of the brightest minds in medical education and research to form the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute.

The school and research institute will capitalize on Virginia Tech’s world-class strength in basic sciences, bioinformatics and engineering and will leverage Carilion’s highly experienced medical staff and rich history in medical education to train the next generation of physician thought leaders. 

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine will address the increasing need for research-competent physicians who can translate research from the bench to the bedside and back into the community. VTC School of Medicine physicians will also help to ameliorate the physician shortage that has been identified as a priority by the American Association of Medical Colleges and the American Medical Association.

What Makes Us Unique

Unique Partnership

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine represents a new way forward in medical education. A unique, public-private partnership between a cutting edge research university and a major healthcare institution, VTC School of Medicine will educate physician thought leaders through inquiry, research and discovery.

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Unique Curriculum

   

An innovative learning culture is required to educate doctors who are able to adapt to a new medical landscape. Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine will employ an adult-learning model called Patient-Centered Learning (PCL) in its curriculum. The PCL approach trains physicians to make patients the central focus, reduces the amount of passive learning (lectures) and includes real-life cases analyzed in small-group discussions guided by a facilitator. At VTC School of Medicine there is an emphasis on acquisition, integration and application of knowledge for life-long learning, along with peer teaching, communication and professionalism.

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Value Domains

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine has defined four “Value Domains” (Basic Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Research, and Interprofessionalism) which are interwoven throughout the curriculum in all four years. These value domains are addressed in each block, rotation, or clinical experience.

The educational program, driven by our value domains, and educational goals and objectives ensures a solid foundation in the basic and clinical sciences and development of clinical skills and clinical experiences in every major clinical discipline, to produce a graduate capable of pursuing any career option in medicine.

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Patient-Centered Curriculum

With the patient as a central focus, the unique curriculum stresses the importance of research, quality and safety, evidence-based medicine, interdisciplinary and interprofessional teamwork, chronic disease management, wellness and prevention, and public health.

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No Ordinary Medical School

   

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine is no ordinary medical school. Only 15 percent of medical schools across the country employ a PCL curriculum. Our research program is fully integrated in a longitudinal fashion throughout four years of study and requires the student to produce a research project of publishable caliber as a requirement of graduation. Only 5 percent of medical schools nationwide are offering research as a key curricular component.

Additionally, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine’s in-depth focus on interprofessionalism makes us the only medical school in the country covering this critical discipline as an integrated and high profile curricular component.

A Rigorous Experience

Our small class size of 42 students will allow for ample individualized attention and participation by each student which will in turn foster an intense and highly rich educational experience. Our rigorous admissions process will select students with the resilience to thrive in a challenging environment.

We envision that Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine students will be highly sought after by residency programs and will go on to become physician thought leaders in their chosen field of medicine.