Scholarly Concentrations Program: Leveraging the Regional Campus Model at IU School of Medicine

Abstract

Indiana University School of Medicine has had multiple regional campuses delivering the pre-clerkship phase of the education for more than 50 years, and since 2008, all eight regional campuses have delivered four years of medical education including clinical rotations. Internal data shows that while 67 percent of admitted students designate a preference for the Indianapolis main campus, 60 percent of students are assigned to a regional campus for pre-clerkship education. In 2019-2020, 33 percent chose to be at their assigned campus; in 2020-21, it increased to 47 percent. The Scholarly Concentrations Program (SCP) is a strategy in the School’s objective to recruit and retain more students to regional campuses and increase student satisfaction with their campus.