Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

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Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
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The Floyd College of Medicine is housed at the WSU Health Sciences campus in Spokane, pictured here in 2015.
Type Public
Established 2015
Dean John Tomkowiak
Academic staff
 40 [1]
Location
Spokane
,
Washington
,
U.S.

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Language English
Website medicine.wsu.edu
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The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine is a recently-created public medical school in the northwest United States, based in Spokane, Washington. Founded in 2015, it is affiliated with Washington State University (WSU) of Pullman, and is the third medical school in the state of Washington. It plans to begin admitting students in 2017.

History

The Washington State University School of Medicine was established by the WSU board of regents in 2015, after the state legislature amended a 1917 statute that gave the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle the exclusive right to grant degrees in medicine in the state.[2][3]

The creation of a medical school at Washington State University was opposed by the University of Washington; both WSU and UW issued contradictory reports in 2014 as to the viability of a second medical school in the state. The increasingly acrimonious debate between the two institutions was described as a "feud" in media reports and state senator Andy Hill chastised the two schools for forcing the legislature to "become the parent in this dispute."[4][5][6] Confusion created by the unexpected resignation of UW president Michael K. Young, however, largely muted the University of Washington's opposition to the project.[4]

In July 2015, the board of regents announced their intention to name the medical school after the late WSU president Elson Floyd (1956–2015) at a future date; the name was officially changed to the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine that September.[7] By autumn, the regents had narrowed the list of candidates for a founding dean to John Tomkowiak of the Chicago Medical School, David Gozal of the University of Chicago, and Dawn DeWitt of the University of British Columbia, with Tomkowiak being ultimately selected.[1][8]

In February 2016 the Liaison Committee on Medical Education granted the school "candidate" status, the first in a multi-step process toward accreditation.[9]

Instruction

According to WSU, the school plans to admit an inaugural class of 40 students in the fall of 2017, with the goal of receiving accreditation by 2020.[10][11] Instruction will occur at WSU's Spokane branch campus, not the university's main campus in Pullman.[12]

Leadership certificate

In addition to the Doctor of Medicine degree, graduates of the school will also receive a graduate certificate in Leadership, reflecting the school's integration of non-medical management coursework into its curriculum.[11]

See also

References

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