On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, authors Joan Cangiarella, MD, and Catherine Coe, MD, and medical student Lily Ge join host Toni Gallo to discuss the goals, features, evolution, and outcomes to date of accelerated 3-year MD programs, focusing on the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the University of North Carolina School …
Continue reading Key Features and Outcomes of Accelerated 3-Year MD Programs
I was a member of the third class of the Penn State University-Jefferson University 5-year accelerated BS-MD program and graduated in 1970. I feel very fortunate to have participated in this program. Missing 3 years of formal schooling and the resulting financial savings were extremely worthwhile. There were no special activities at Penn State for …
Continue reading Reflections on the Penn State-Jefferson Program
I graduated from the Penn State University/Thomas Jefferson University premedical-medical program (i.e., their accelerated BS-MD program) in 2004, as a 6-year programmer (colloquially known as a Prog). I matched at Jefferson for my emergency medicine residency, serving as chief resident in my senior year. July 2020 will mark the start of my fourteenth year as …
