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A model of success
The physicians featured on the preceding pages are
end, the mentorship is a valuable tool in helping College
examples of the teachers and mentors who provide one-on-
of Medicine students choose a specialty that fits, while
one access for our third- and fourth-year students. Instead
also developing a greater understanding of the impact a
of learning primarily from medical residents, College of
community physician makes in a patient’s life.
Medicine students are afforded opportunities that even some residents don’t receive.
Over the next six pages, you’ll see data that illustrate the experiences third- and fourth-year students received in
The community-based model continues to produce results
2011, followed by results from the United States Medical
that demonstrate the College of Medicine’s commitment
Licensing Exam (USMLE) Step 1 and Step 2. These results
to its mission. Not only do the community physicians
illustrate how College of Medicine students have fared in
provide unparalleled access that results in unique learning
comparison to students from 132 other AAMC-member
opportunities, but they provide mentorship that allows our
medical schools.
students to better understand the life of a physician. In the