The Office of Educational Affairs facilitates and coordinates the development, implementation, and assessment of the four-year medical school curriculum. The faculty and staff in this division provide the support services for medical students and for the faculty who are responsible for and contribute to the curriculum.

Administrative Services

The administrative services division manages all administrative and business affairs of the Office of Educational Affairs including finances, grants and contract administration, human resources, laboratories and facilities.

University City Campus

West Reading Campus

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Admissions

The Office of Admissions processes applications to the MD program at Drexel University College of Medicine. The office coordinates the review and interview processes and communicates with prospective applicants and other interested individuals. The office coordinates the College of Medicine's outreach to university campuses, organizes and runs on-campus events, and updates the admissions website.

Learn more about:

• Admission to Drexel University College of Medicine
• The MD Program

University City Campus

West Reading Campus

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Clinical Skills and Clinical Skills Assessment

This office coordinates teaching and assessment of clinical skills across the four years of medical school and ensures a high quality teaching and assessment throughout the educational curriculum.

This office is responsible for the multistation Standardized Patient Program, which residency programs throughout the Delaware Valley utilize. This office also manages the Barbara Chick MD Clinical Education and Assessment Laboratory.

Learn more about:

• The Standardized Patient Program
• The Barbara Chick MD Clinical Education and Assessment Center (CEAC)

University City Campus

West Reading Campus

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Office of Community Engagement

The mission of the Office of Community Engagement is to integrate meaningful community service and reflective learning to prepare medical students to address socioeconomic determinants of disease and become community-responsive physicians. To meet these goals, the Office of Community Engagement coordinates first-year courses on community health, community health electives for fourth-year medical students, longitudinal health advocacy projects, the Drexel Bridging the Gaps Community Health Internship Program, and the Health Outreach Project Clinics and other volunteer opportunities.

Learn more about the Office of Community Engagement.

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Curriculum

The Office of Curriculum oversees the design implementation and management of the four year program leading to the MD degree. Foundations and Frontiers is a four-year curriculum that has been divided into three phases.

Undergraduate Medical Education

Phase 1 (Years 1 & 2)

The 18-month "Foundations" phase includes basic and clinical science courses that integrate multiple disciplines. Medical students also spend time in nontraditional classroom settings working in teams to apply knowledge to clinical problems. This phase of the curriculum also includes multiple experiences in our state-of-the-art Simulation Center working with high-fidelity mannequins and standardized patients. The basic science content begins with an introduction to cells and tissues and then proceeds into organ-based blocks with a focus on normal processes. During the second year, medical students revisit the major organ systems with a focus on abnormal processes.

Lectures, conferences, laboratory, simulation and other team learning formats develop and extend the principles introduced in the case throughout the week.

Learn about Foundations and Frontiers Phase One course descriptions.

Phase 2 (Year 3) & Phase 3 (Year 4)

The Office of Clinical Education is responsible for the overall coordination of the third and fourth years of medical school, including scheduling and evaluation of medical student rotations. The office also receives and reviews all visiting student applications for fourth-year electives. In addition, the Office is responsible for maintaining the relationships and affiliation agreements with the medical school clinical sites and for the oversight of all health, surveillance, background and compliance documentation during all four years of medical school.

Learn more about Phase 2 (the Applications Year) and Phase 3 (the Transitions Year) by visiting the Foundations and Frontiers curriculum page and expanding the "Drexel Medical Student Experience (Three-Phase Curriculum)" section.

We also encourage you to learn more about:

• Our affiliated hospitals
• Policies for visiting medical students

The Office of Clinical Education can be reached at clinicaleducation@drexelmed.edu.

Assessment and Evaluation

Assessment and Evaluation promotes comprehensive, evidence-based educational assessment and programmatic evaluation to support the medical education program and faculty. This work supports student academic progress and enhances educational quality to ensure physician competency development, in accordance with licensing and accreditation standards.

Assessment. The office oversees assessment that supports the mission of the College of Medicine. Its functions include collecting and maintaining a centralized, comprehensive record of academic data, such as examinations and clinical assessments.

Evaluation. The office provides a strategic direction for curriculum evaluation, collecting data for quality improvement and comparing it to national trends in medical education. Student feedback about the medical school experience, courses and clerkships, is collected and reported to leadership committees in order to continuously improve the curriculum.

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Medical Education Simulation Center

The goals for the Medical Education Simulation Center are to better educate our students and residents, improve the quality of patient care, and reduce the number of medical errors. We enhance communication and working relationships between physicians and all members of the health care team utilizing materials, computer systems and virtual reality. We promote the development of the most realistic simulators and simulated environments to assist in training the health care providers of the future and foster interaction between physicians and scientists in the College of Medicine, the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems and the College of Information Science and Technology.

Learn more about the Medical Education Simulation Center.

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Student Affairs

The Office of Student Affairs provides guidance, support and administrative assistance to all students as they progress through medical school. Our contact with each student begins the summer prior to the first year and continues beyond graduation. The associate deans and staff in the Office of Student Affairs serve as liaisons to faculty and administration. They provide academic advising, personal counseling, career advising and coordination of the residency application. The office also provides information and support for student organizations and meets regularly with class and SGA officers. The office coordinates the many milestone events including orientation, the White Coat Ceremony, Match Day and Commencement.

Office of Student Affairs Main Number: 215.991.8221