Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Rocky Vista University
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Type For-profit college
Established 2006
Founder Yife Tien[1]
Budget $23.38 million[2]
Chairman Clinton E. Adams, D.O., FACHE[3]
Chancellor Yife Tien
President Clinton E. Adams, D.O., FACHE[3]
Dean Thomas Told, D.O.
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Location Parker, Colorado, United States
Website www.rvu.edu

Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine (RVUCOM) is a for-profit osteopathic medical school located in Parker, Colorado. The school opened in 2006 as the only modern US for profit medical school in the United States but has since been joined by California Northstate University College of Medicine. RVUCOM grants the degree Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, and admitted its inaugural class of medical students in August 2008. An additional campus is currently under construction in Ivins, Utah and is expected to admit its inaugural class of 125 medical students in August 2017.[4]

History

Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine opened in 2006, and the first class was admitted in 2008.

RVUCOM operates a clinic which accepts Medicaid and Medicare patients to help the underserved in the Denver and Parker area.[5] The school is fully accredited by the American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation, and regionally by the Higher Learning Commission.[6][7] The school graduated its inaugural class on May 19, 2012.

Academics

The college in 2015.

RVUCOM currently offers a single degree, the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree, which follows a systems-based 4-year curriculum. Years 1 and 2 of the DO program consist primarily of classroom-based learning, focusing on the basic sciences, while years 3 and 4 consist of clinical clerkships in major medical specialties, such as family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics & gynecology, pediatrics, and surgery. Rotation sites include hospitals and clinics in the Denver area, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Pueblo, and Boulder.

A Physician Assistant program is currently in development and the institution has applied for Accreditation-Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). If accreditation is granted, matriculation of the initial cohort will be expected in July 2018.

For-profit status

RVUCOM is notable for being the first and only modern day for-profit medical school operating in the United States. As such, its opening has generated controversy. Critics have raised concerns that a for-profit school will be beholden to investors, and lack credibility. Supporters say that the school will be held to the same academic and accreditation standards as other medical schools.[8][9]

Rocky Vista LLC is owned by Yife Tien and his wife Lucy Chua Tien, MD, and governed by a Board of Trustees.[1] Castle Pines Holdings LLC was established as a holding company to control the Tiens' interest in Rocky Vista LLC and provide stability in the event of Tien's death or incapacity.[10]

Graduate medical education

Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo, Colorado, has been awarded a 5-year $770,000 federal grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to train primary care internal medicine residents. Parkview has developed a new osteopathic internal medicine residency program which matriculated its first trainees in July 2012. The grant was a joint effort of Parkview Medical Center and Rocky Vista University along with Rocky Mountain OPTI.[11] RVUCOM and Rocky Mountain OPTI are currently working to establish additional residency programs in Colorado and Wyoming.[12]

Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, Colorado is also a participant in the Rocky Mountain OPTI, and is the site of an internal medicine residency program which collaborates with RVU.[13]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Meet Our Trustees". RVUCOM. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Fiscal Year 2013 Revenues and Expenditures by Osteopathic Medical College" (PDF). AACOM. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 "RVU Names New President and CEO". RVUCOM. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Applegate, Julie. "Utah's 2nd medical school slated for construction in Ivins". St George News. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  5. ↑ RVUCOM Clinic. "RVUCOM clinic". Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "Accreditations". RVUCOM. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine". AOA. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  8. ↑ Croasdale, Myrle. "First for-profit med school nears approval". amed news. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  9. ↑ Whelan, David (29 September 2008). "An Uncommon Practice". Forbes. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  10. ↑ "Castle Pines Holding" (PDF). Rocky Vista. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  11. ↑ RVUCOM. "Vista View Newsletter" (PDF). Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  12. ↑ Rocky Vista University. Vista View Newsletter. (August 2012) Vol.5, No.1. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  13. ↑ "Sky Ridge IM". Retrieved 26 November 2014.
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