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About Rowan University History Rowan University is a Carnegie- A partnership between Rowan University and The Cooper Health System, classified national doctoral research institution dedicated to excellence in Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) opened in summer 2012. undergraduate education. It offers It was the first new medical school in New Jersey in over 35 years and the only bachelor’s through doctoral and four-year MD-granting medical school in South Jersey. CMSRU is proudly mission- professional programs to 19,500 driven, focused on developing highly skilled and socially conscious physician students through its campuses in leaders who value a patient-centered, team approach to health care. Its innovative Glassboro, Camden and Stratford, New Jersey. It is nationally recognized curriculum provides students with small-group, self-directed learning and early for innovation, commitment to high- and continuous patient care experiences, beginning the third week of medical quality, affordable education and school. Annette C. Reboli, MD, is dean of CMSRU. CMSRU earned Full developing public-private partnerships. Accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education in June 2016. About Cooper CMSRU mission and core values University Health Care Cooper Medical School of Rowan University is committed to providing humanistic Cooper University Health Care, founded in 1887, provides comprehensive education in the art and science of medicine within a scientific and scholarly health care throughout South Jersey community in which inclusivity, excellence in patient care, innovative teaching, and is renowned for signature programs research, and service to our community are valued. in cardiology, cancer, critical care, neurosciences, orthopedics, pediatrics, Core values include a commitment to: diversity, personal mentorship, and trauma. Cooper’s flagship, Cooper professionalism, collaboration and mutual respect, civic responsibility, patient University Hospital is the core clinical advocacy, and life-long learning. campus for CMSRU. Camden is our classroom. Camden is our home. Vision CMSRU is located in Camden, a city where basic needs such as housing, food, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University will distinguish itself as a healthcare and education go unmet for many residents. CMSRU is helping close this leader in medical education with a gap by educating new physicians who will practice regionally, as well as through the programmatic emphasis on patient- creation of new programs where students and faculty can provide care, resources centered care, patient safety, innovative and services to the community. Already noted as a “hot spot” for progressive healthcare delivery systems, research approaches to addressing community health, Camden provides an ideal setting for and preventive health programs that meet the needs and challenges of exposing students to diverse cultures and socioeconomic groups with a range of patient care in the 21st century. social, emotional and medical needs. Curriculum Highlights Students CMSRU’s medical education curriculum is a Currently, more than 375 students are enrolled at CMSRU as first, seamless continuum over four years, second, third and fourth year medical students. The school is gradually integrating knowledge of basic science increasing its class size until it reaches total enrollment of concepts, early clinical experience and approximately 420 students. patient care, self-directed learning, CMSRU is committed to providing an academic and work environment teamwork and medical and non-medical where diversity is celebrated, and to fostering access to medical activities for the greater community’s education for learners from all walks of life. While more than half of benefit. The curriculum ties to the mission CMSRU students hail from New Jersey, soon-to-be doctors from across and vision of CMSRU, preparing students to the U.S. choose CMSRU for their medical education. CMSRU’s students become physicians, educators and leaders in bring with them a wealth of diverse life experiences, but all share the their communities. Coursework is divided drive to become successful physicians and the passion to affect change into two phases: “Foundation and in their communities. Integration” during Phase 1 and “Application, Exploration and Faculty Advancement” in Phase 2. Highlights At the heart of CMSRU’s scientific and scholarly community—and the include: driving force behind the school’s dynamic curriculum—is the school’s • The Ambulatory Clerkship, a medical clinic outstanding faculty. CMSRU has more than 600 clinical and basic where students are the primary caregivers science faculty in 17 departments. They are experienced medical to underserved patients, beginning the educators with discipline-specific knowledge. third week of medical school and continuing weekly through all four years. CMSRU faculty snapshot Total faculty 76 Biomedical Science • Week on the Wards, which provides 573 Clinical students with early exposure to medical Total dollars in research funding $14.1 million (2018) care in an inpatient hospital and training in Lean Six Sigma to enhance quality, Medical Education Building safety and process improvement. CMSRU’s Medical Education Building is located on the Cooper • Small group, facilitated learning through Health Sciences Campus on South Broadway, between Benson and Active Learning Groups Washington Streets in Camden. The $139 million building, which • Interprofessional Education to foster opened in July 2012, was designed for CMSRU’s curriculum with collaborative work across professions and spaces and technologies to support faculty and students in their enhance students’ understanding of educational process. team-based care. Features: • Built-in, mandatory service learning time • 25 Active Learning Rooms to encourage student-community • 250-seat auditorium engagement and help students understand firsthand the range of socio-economic • Research and teaching labs conditions affecting Camden residents. • Dedicated space for student wellness CMSRU students engage in 30 hours of activities including quiet meditation service learning per academic year as part • Medical library/learning commons of the curriculum. with study space for a variety of learners • A three-year accelerated M.D. program for • Cafe that offers freshly made sandwiches, highly motivated students interested in salads, coffee, snacks and more primary care, internal medicine, or pediatrics.