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| Overall Score On StateUniversity.com (about) | Insufficient Data |
| Total CostOn-Campus Attendance | N/A |
| AdmissionSuccess rate | N/A |
| Student RatioRatio of students to faculty | 4 : 1 |
| Retention(Full-Time / Part-Time) | N/A / N/A |
| EnrollmentTotal (all students) | 1,428 |
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Baylor College of Medicine was chartered by the state of Texas and organized in 1900 as an independent, nonsectarian institution in Dallas. In 1903 it became affiliated with Baylor University and in 1943 the school relocated to Houston and became the medical school for the newly formed Texas Medical Center. The college separated from Baylor University in 1969.
4-year semimodern. First year: Basic medical sciences, and patient, physicians, and society and integrated problem solving. Second year: Finish basic sciences in December;beginclinicalrotationsinJanuary.Thirdyear: Required rotations through clinical science disciplines; patientcareinbothhospitalandambulatorysettings;electives; clerkships in the major and some minor specialities, as well as primary care. Fourth year: Required rotations through clinical science disciplines; patient care in both hospital and ambulatory settings; electives; clerkships in the major and some minor specialties, as well as primary care and management of disease.
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Minority admissions: The school has an active recruitment program for minority students. Other degree programs: Combined MD-PhD degree HSTPis offered in a variety of disciplines: audiology and bioacoustics, biochemistry, biotechnology, cell biology, cell and molecular biology, developmental biology, microbiology and immunology, molecular genetics, neurosciences, physiology,cardiovascularsciences,andmolecularbiophysics, pharmacology, virology and epidemiology. A combined MD-PhD degree in biomedical engineering is also offered with Rice University.
To be considered for admission, an applicant must have satisfactorily completed, by the time of enrollment in medical school, not less than 90 semester hours (or an equivalent number of quarter hours) at a fully accredited college in the United States. The following courses must have been completed satisfactorily: the basic premedical science courses and 1 year of English. Transfer and advanced standing: Admission into the first clinical year from fully accredited medical colleges in the U.S. is on a competitive basis, and the number admitted depends upon the availability of adequate faculty and facilities. No specific number of spaces is set aside.
Grades for the basic science courses and basic science electives are recorded as Honors, Pass, Marginal Pass, and Fail; required clinical clerkships and clinical electives are recorded as Honors, High Pass, Pass, Marginal Pass, and Fail. Students may not begin clinical clerkships until they have completed all the basic science courses. Steps 1 and 2 of the USMLE is optional. Teaching:The basic sciences are taught at the DeBakey Biomedical Research Building, which also contains auditoriums with a seating capacity of about 735. Five more buildings, the Jesse H. Jones Building for Clinical Research, the M. D. Anderson Basic Science and Research Building, the Jewish Institute for Medical Research, the Roy and Lillie Cullen Building, and the Ben Taub Research Center, provide additional space for the basic science departments. Clinical teaching and research take place in 8 general and specialized hospitals in the area. Library: The Jesse H. Jones Library includes an audiovisual resource center from which medical educational broadcasts are received. The library contains more than 180,000 volumes and receives a wide variety of periodicals. Housing: A student dormitory, belonging to the Texas Medical Center, offers accommodations for single and married students without children and is located across the street from the college. Women students can seek housing in the Nurses’ Dormitory of Texas Women’s University.
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| Surrounding community | Large city (inside urban area, pop. over 250,000) | ||||
| Total Population | 10,984 (10,984 urban / N/A rural) | ||||
| Households | 5,555 (1.90 people per house) | ||||
| Median Household Income | $53,199 | ||||
| Families | 2,491 (2.74 people per family) | ||||
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