The planned Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine took a big step toward being accredited after the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation awarded it pre-accreditation status.
The need for more doctors has been well documented, and Campbell University leaders want to see their graduates fill the gap. http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/print-edition/2011/07/15/campbells-med-school-aims-to-help.html
Gaining pre-accreditation status does not mean the school is fully accredited, of course, but is seen as a key step in that direction. The university will next seek provisional accreditation, awarded to schools that meet the standards for accreditation. Campbell hopes to achieve this status and begin recruiting students for the fall of 2013.
A ground-breaking ceremony for the 97,000-square-foot medical school facility will be held by early 2012. The school will be on U.S. 421 in Buies Creek about one-quarter mile from the main Campbell University campus. The medical school will cost more than $60 million for building construction, equipment and other startup requirements.
Nationally, enrollment in osteopathic medical colleges has grown to 20,600, a 6.5 percent increase from 2010, according to the American Association Of Colleges Of Osteopathic Medicine. More than 20 percent of new U.S. medical students are attending osteopathic medical schools, the association reports, a number it expects to grow.
Graduates from osteopathic medical colleges receive a DO degree, not an MD degree as from traditional medical colleges like the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill or Duke University. Physicians with DO degrees have all the same latitude as those with MD degrees.
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