Browsing by Subject "State-Wide System of Medical Education"

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    Conducting admissions interviews at regional campuses influences applicants’ preferred campus assignment in a statewide system of distributed medical education
    (2016-04-08) Brokaw, James J.; O'Neal, Jonathon P.; West, Karen W.; Smartt, Karen A.
    There was a strong statistical association between interviewing at the Northwest campus and matriculating at the Northwest campus. This was accompanied by a 22% increase in the number of matriculants who ranked the Northwest campus as their 1st or 2nd choice, as compared to previous years when everyone interviewed at the Indianapolis campus. This suggests that interviewing onsite may have fostered positive attitudes about the Northwest campus. The evidence for Muncie is less compelling. Although there was a statistical association between interviewing and matriculating at the Muncie campus, the percentage of matriculants who highly-ranked the Muncie campus actually dropped by 11% compared to previous years (but not statistically significant).
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    Outsourcing Anatomists: A Model for Expanding Educational Outreach and Providing Supplemental Revenue to Anatomy Departments
    (2014) Brokaw, James J.; Jones, Kathryn J.
    The need for qualified anatomy instructors is rapidly expanding across the educational spectrum, from high school anatomy and physiology classes, to college preprofessional programs, to newly established health professional schools. In response to this growing demand for anatomical expertise, the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology of Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine established the IU Center for Anatomical Sciences Education (IU-CASE) to leverage its ample faculty resources in the pursuit of additional teaching opportunities outside the MD curriculum, thereby expanding the scope of the department’s teaching mission to include students who may not otherwise have the chance to learn anatomy. Utilizing anatomy faculty from across the medical school’s nine-campus system, IU-CASE provides fee-based educational services to other schools and programs in Indiana. Current clients include Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine, IU School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, IU School of Medicine at Muncie, Purdue University Department of Biology, and Indianapolis-area high schools. Now in its first year of operation, IU-CASE promises to earn significant supplemental revenue for the department, which can be used to offset salary inequities, provide bonus pay for teaching-intensive faculty, and support departmental programs.