Campbell’s Commitment to Medical Education
Campbell University has established North Carolina’s first new medical school in more than three decades.
The leadership of Campbell University is committed to meeting the primary care needs of North Carolina through the development of a medical school that will emphasize:
- Development of primary care physicians (family doctors, pediatricians, and related practitioners that every community in North Carolina so desperately needs)
- Community-based training versus university-based training (during the third and fourth year of medical school, Campbell students will be training in community hospitals all across North Carolina)
Osteopathic medical education strikes the perfect balance between high quality classroom education and clinical training at community-based hospitals.
Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine Approved to Recruit Students
Campbell University’s School of Osteopathic Medicine (CUSOM) has been approved to begin recruiting students for its inaugural class which will begin in August 2013. The Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) decided at its April 21, 2012 meeting to award CUSOM Provisional accreditation status* effective July 1, 2012. read more ››
"Our mission is to train community based osteopathic physicians to practice in rural and undeserved regions of North Carolina and the Southeastern United States..."
- John M. Kauffman, Jr., D.O., Dean
Please note: Provisional accreditation status, as outlined by the COCA, means the school would be eligible to actively recruit students, matriculate new students and offer a program of medical instruction with an approved osteopathic curriculum. Provisional status can last for no more than five years and can extend until the year in which CUSOM intends to graduate its first class in May 2017. Until July 1, 2012 CUSOM’s status will be listed as “Pre-accreditation with permission to recruit, but not to admit students or offer instruction.”
