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Total Enrollment: 596
Level of Selectivity: Competitive
Motto: Care with Competence and Compassion
HISTORY
Charles
R. Drew University of Medicine and Science is a private four-year professional
medical school. Recommended by the McCone Commission after the civil
disturbance in Watts in 1965, the Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School was incorporated in
1966 as a private nonprofit corporation. In 1969, it opened its doors as the
educational component of the King/Drew Medical Center, allied in its vision and
purpose with the Martin Luther King Jr. General Hospital, where students receive
clinical experience. The institution’s official name was changed to the Charles
R. Drew University of Medicine and Science to reflect an expanded academic role
and identity in 1987.
The
school pursues a mission that embraces the needs and problems of society’s most
disadvantaged and neglected communities. Its global perspective finds
commonality in the plight of the urban ghetto of Los Angeles, the rural villages of Africa, and the peasant
farmlands of Asia.
The
Drew mission finds inspiration in the life and work of the man for whom the
University is named. Dr. Charles R. Drew was a distinguished surgeon who gave
courage and offered talent to the care of others and left behind a legacy of
medical discovery. His research and application theories regarding blood and
its preservation are among the most significant developments in contemporary
medicine. Yet, Dr. Drew died as a result of being denied blood plasma because
he was a black man.
One
of only four black medical schools in the nation, Charles R. Drew University interprets its mission
in a unique approach of academic models and community programs that address the
medical, educational, social, and economic needs of underserved populations.
The Drew/UCLA Medical Education Program offers a curriculum and clinical
programs for graduate and postgraduate studies in medicine.
ACCREDITATION
American
Medical Association (joint program through UCLA).
COSTS
PER YEAR
2001–02 Tuition: $21,845
Room and board: $9450
Special fees: $2000
Books: $4800
Estimated total cost: $38,095
Financial
Aid Contact:
Office of the Registrar
Charles R. Drew University
1731 East 120th Street
Los
Angeles, California 90059
Telephone: 323-563-4824
Medical
College Admission Test (MCAT) required.
Entrance Requirements: MCAT scores must be submitted by May 28 (MCAT
exam should be completed no more than four years prior to matriculation). Other
requirements include 1 year of college mathematics, to include at least 1
course in algebra; calculus is highly recommended; 1 year of college physics,
with laboratory; 1 year of college biology, with laboratory; 1 year of
upper-level biology should be included; 2 years of college chemistry, with
laboratory and including at least 1 course in organic chemistry or quantitative
analysis; at least 1 year of organic chemistry; 1 year of college English; and
1 year of a foreign language, preferably Spanish (exempt if proficiency exam
passed). Courses recommended under the requirement for biology are cell
biology, genetics, embryology, physiology, histology, and anatomy. Courses
under the requirement for English may include composition, literature, or other
courses emphasizing reading comprehension. Three letters of recommendation or
composite report from a preprofessional advisory committee of the student’s
college or university are needed by January 29. Interview by two members of the
Admissions Committee by May 28. Premedical requirements must be met by all
students. Application for admission should be sent to the American Medical
College Admission Service (AMCAS), Association of American Medical Colleges, 2450 North Street
Northwest, Washington, DC 20037 by November 15 of the
year preceding anticipated entry. A $50 application fee is required.
Admission Application Deadline: January 31 (Fall); October 31 (Spring)
Admission Contact: Coordinator of Admissions, Office of Student
Medical Affairs, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, 1731 East
120th Street, Los Angeles, California 90059; Telephone: 323-563-7956; 323-563-4957
(fax); and American Medical College Admission Services (AMCAS), Association of
American Medical Colleges, 2450 North Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20037.
Graduation Requirements: Completion of two basic science years at the
Westwood campus of the UCLA School of Medicine, to include the following for
the first-year fall semester: 5 behavioral sciences, 2 biomathematics, 1
doctoring, 8 gross anatomy, 4 interactive teaching (I & II), medical
ethics, and 5 microscopic anatomy; first-year spring: 6 basic neurology, 5
biological chemistry, 4 biological chemistry lab, 8 physiology, and doctoring;
second-year fall: 2 epidemiology, 8 general pathology, 5 general pharmacology,
2 interactive teaching, 8 microbiology and immunology, and no clinical
correlates; second-year spring: 12 pathophysiology of disease, 12 clinical
fundamentals, 1 clinical pharmacology, 3 psychopathy, and 2 genetics.
Completion
of junior-senior clinical continuum at King/Drew Medical Center of
fifty-eight–week clerkship must include the following weeks: two
anesthesiology, fourteen medicine (I and II), eight obstetrics-gynecology, two
otorhinolaryngology, eight pediatrics, two primary core, two primary-care
selective, six psychiatry, two radiology, and twelve surgery (I and II). Also
needed are twenty-one months (one half-day week) of primary-care continuum and
twenty weeks of electives, of which eight weeks must be subinternships selected
from UCLA handbook and four weeks must be at the 400 level; the remaining
twelve weeks may be taken at any site by approval of the Dean of Student
Affairs.
Completion
of a one-week prologue to medicine course is conducted at UCLA.
STUDENT
BODY PROFILE
Total enrollment: 596
Medical students: 98
Interns and residents: 314
Allied health: 184
Ethnic/racial makeup: African American, 303; Other/Unclassified, 293
FACULTY
PROFILE
Number of faculty members: 420
Full-time faculty members: 300
Part-time faculty members: 120
SCHOOL
CALENDAR
August-May (semesters)
Commencement and conferring of degrees: May
One summer session for seniors.
Postgraduate Programs: Anesthesiology, Dentristy, Dermatology,
Emergency Medicine,Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Ophthamology, Oral Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology,
Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Radiology, Surgery
Bachelor of Science: Coordinated Program in Community Nutrition,
Physician Assistant Studies Primary Care
Master's Degree: Nurse midwifery Education
Bachelor's Degree: Physician Assistant Studies, Medical Imaging
Technology
ssociate Degree: Alcohol and Other Drug Studies, Health
Information Technology, Medicial Assistant Studies, Pharmacy Technology,
Radiographic Technology.
Certificate: Clinical Coding Specialist, Diagnostic Medical Sonography,
Nuclear Medicine Technology, Substance Abuse Counseling
STUDENT LIFE
Campus Regulations: Students are bound by the conduct of the Medical
Code of Ethics. An automobile is required for transportation to affiliated
hospitals in second, third, and fourth years.
Handicapped Services: Wheelchair accessibility.
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