Assistant Director, SELECT Program MCOM Office of MD Admissions Emilie Bree Croft Assistant Director, SELECT Program MCOM Office of MD Admissions

What is USF Health? Morsani College of Medicine School of Physical Therapy & Rehab Science School of Biomedical Sciences Athletic Training Education Program College of Public Health College of Pharmacy College of Nursing

What is the Morsani College of Medicine? Present Day

What is the Morsani College of Medicine? Coming Soon

Unique Attributes of USF College of Medicine? Optimistic, student-centered Passionate, engaged faculty Early and innovative clinical experiences All required courses are integrated Interprofessional teaching and learning Group and integrated examinations Community outreach Scholarly concentrations

Core Affiliated Hospitals Tampa General Hospital James A. Haley VA Hospital All Children’s Hospital Morsani Advanced Healthcare Center

About SELECT Lehigh Valley Health Network and USF share a dream about the future of health care. This vision surpasses our geographic differences. We feel very strongly about how the physicians of tomorrow need to be educated. And we know that now is the time to turn this vision into reality. That’s why we forged a partnership and created the SELECT program, despite our distant geography. Students are connected with faculty mentors at USF and LVHN from the start Students complete Years 1 and 2 at the USF College of Medicine in Tampa, Florida, a metropolitan with a wealth of diverse patient populations Students spend Years 3 and 4 Lehigh Valley Health Network, one of America’s Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report in Allentown, Pennsylvania As a SELECT medical student, you will learn how to lead the accelerating pace of scientific discovery, strive for more public accountability, control health care costs through lean methodologies, eliminate national disparities in health care quality, help eliminate medical errors and effectively reduce the burden of chronic illness.

USF SELECT What is SELECT? SELECT immerses you in an innovative curriculum focused on: Leadership development Values-based patient-centered care Health systems The goal of SELECT is to provide you with the knowledge, skills, and behaviors to transform the nature of health care. Impact over 20 years will be to create 1000 leaders in healthcare who will touch at least a million lives on a yearly basis

Patient- Centered Care Interdisciplinary Teams Emotional Intelligence SELECT Foundations Leadership Patient- Centered Care Health Systems Interdisciplinary Teams Relationships Emotional Intelligence Self Awareness Self Management Social Awareness Relationship Management

Lehigh Valley Health Network LVH-Cedar Crest LVH-17th Street We’re expanding the reach of our care to help more people. LVHN offers care at: 5 Campuses, including: Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, off Rt. 78 in Salisbury Township Lehigh Valley Hospital-17th Street, in downtown Allentown Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg, on Schoenersville Rd. in Bethlehem Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton Lehigh Valley Health Network-Tilghman, our first dedicated orthopedics facility We have the regions only Children’s Hospital 13 health centers in communities all over the Lehigh Valley and expanding into northeast Pennsylvania 140+ LVPG practice locations in 45 specialties Home health, hospice, pharmacy, laboratory and other outpatient services And doctors and clinical staff working at locations throughout the Lehigh Valley. Advanced Care – NCI-CCCP, Regional Trauma and Burn, Peds hospital, Comprehensive Stroke, Magnet Technology – 2 sim centers, leaders in robotic surgery, AICU, iphone apps Collaborative Care – Exemplary care sites 1000 acute care beds Advanced care Technology Lean systems Medical education Collaborative care Learning environment Medical Staff 10 10

Unique Features of the SELECT MD Program Excellent core MD curriculum combined with innovative SELECT MD curriculum Educational model emphasizing personal and professional development Strategic mentoring and peer coaching Interprofessional and interdisciplinary team training Leadership skills training Health systems and quality improvement training

Application Evaluation Process: “A Holistic Approach” Academic Criteria (i.e. MCAT score, GPA, Graduate Work) Demographics and contributions to diversity (i.e. URM, Gender, Disadvantages, Distance Traveled, Socio Economic Status) Medical/clinical/shadowing/commitment to medicine experiences Humanism and Service/Outreach experiences Scholarly activities or Basic Science Research experiences Independence of thought, productivity, critical thinking Leadership Role model, legacy Evidence of originality and creativity through Letters of Recommendation Academic and non-academic accomplishments Community service, clinical work, sports, arts, business or other activities Educational context Interpret the applicant’s record with regard to the “distance traveled”

Connect with MD Admissions To inquire about our Admissions Process and Timeline, visit our Office of MD Admissions website: MDadmissions.health.usf.edu For phone or email inquiries about the our MD Programs Phone: 813-974-3396 Email: usfmdadmissions@health.usf.edu MD Admissions Advisor and Counselor Emilie Croft – Emilie_b.Croft@lvhn.org

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