The Florida State University College of Medicine, located in

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, is one of sixteen

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Florida State University Florida State University (FSU) is a public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher education in the st ...

. The college, created in 2000, is an accredited medical school, offering the

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(M.D.) degree for

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. The College of Medicine also offers a

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degree and a

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program. , the school had 471 students, of which 465 were Florida residents, 135 were underrepresented minorities, and 195 were minority students. There were 224 men and 247 women.

Accreditation

The College of Medicine is the first new medical school of the century to be reaccredited.http://med.fsu.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=newsPubs.readNewsPub&id=813 ''FSU College of Medicine, News Release dated October 18, 2011.'' Retrieved on 11-21-2012. The college was reaccredited in 2011 for the maximum eight years by the

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. Also in 2011, it was reaccredited by the

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. That means it can continue to be a sponsoring institution for residency programs.

Academics

Florida State University Wellness Center

The five departments are: * Behavioral Sciences & Social Medicine * Biomedical Sciences * Clinical Sciences * Family Medicine & Rural Health * Geriatrics

Residency programs

The Florida State University College of Medicine and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare developed an internal medicine residency program and collaborated to develop the first

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program in the Panhandle region of Florida. The College of Medicine has also established an internal medicine residency at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. The College of Medicine has also collaborated with Sacred Heart Hospital in

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to provide an

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and

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residency. It developed a

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Residency Program at Lee Memorial Health System in

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. The College of Medicine also offers a Dermatology residency as well as a procedural

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fellowship program with Dermatology Associates in

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. The College of Medicine has also announced their newest residency program in

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in collaboration with the Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, for which they expect to be accepting their first residents in July 2019. On February 12, 2018, Florida State University's College of Medicine announced the establishment of its 5th residency program in collaboration with

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which will acquire 18 residents each year.

Fellowship programs

The Florida State University College of Medicine has two fellowship programs:

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global health at Lee Health, and micrographic surgery and dermatology oncology at Dermatology Associates of Tallahassee.

School of Physician Assistant Practice

The program has received provisional accreditation from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant. The College of Medicine welcomed their first class of 40 PA students in August 2017. 50 students have been accepted to the second class and the program anticipates accepting a maximum of 60 students to their third class.

Campuses

FSU College of Medicine Smith Center at IRSC Fort Pierce, Fl

Students complete their first two years at the college's main campus in Tallahassee, which consists of a combination of traditional classroom instruction, as well as simulated clinical training at their Clinical Learning Center (CLC). At the CLC, medical students learn interviewing and physical exam skills by working with standardized patients in a simulated clinical environment. Adult and infant interactive mannequins are also utilized to simulate a variety of clinical scenarios, such as a heart attack or an asthma exacerbation, so that students can learn to determine and apply the appropriate treatment in a no-risk environment. The Florida State University College of Medicine provides third- and fourth-year clinical training at regional medical school campuses in

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, Ft. Pierce, and

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. There are rural training sites in Marianna and

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, in addition to Thomasville, Georgia. It is during these years that students work under the one-on-one supervision and instruction of local physicians at affiliated outpatient clinics and hospitals, through which they are actively involved in direct patient care.

National rankings

In 2020, the ''U.S. News & Report'' ranked the FSU College of Medicine first out of the top 10 medical schools with the lowest acceptance rates.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Florida State University College Of Medicine Medical schools in Florida Educational institutions established in 2000 2000 establishments in Florida