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Celebration for the First In-Person Match Day
On Friday, March 18, the Athens, Cleveland and Dublin campuses celebrated Heritage College's first in-person Match Day. Students from the Class of 2022 had a preliminary match rate of 97 percent with 57 percent matching in primary care, and 70 percent of matches remaining in Ohio. According to the National Resident Matching Program, 91.3 percent of D.O. graduates matched nationally, an increase from the previous year, and there was a record number of D.O. graduates who participated.
Ohio University Early Assurance Program graduates
The first Ohio University Early Assurance Program students graduated in 2022. In Heritage College’s graduating class of 2022, there were seven students who participated in EAP. Averaging 30 students per session throughout the year, session topics include community engagement, healthcare disparities and a discussion about leadership and service with the three college’s campus deans.
Did you know?
The Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine is ranked number one in Ohio for most graduates practicing in primary care specialties in rural areas.
First Cohort Graduates Under New Curriculum
This year the first cohort of students completing all four years in the Pathways to Health and Wellness curriculum graduated. First launched in 2018, the curriculum was a pivot from traditional lecture-based classroom learning to embrace collaborative small-group learning with integrated active-learning labs and a focus on clinical and community experiences earlier in students’ education.
Continuing Education The Consortium for Health Education in Appalachia Ohio serves as the continuing education office for Heritage College, supporting the educational needs of a variety of health care providers, including but not limited to Ohio University faculty and staff, community physicians and health care professionals, alumni, preceptors and clinical faculty in our affiliated hospitals and clinics throughout Ohio. It is an accredited provider of continuing medical education through the American Osteopathic Association and a provider unit of the Ohio Nurses Association. In 2021-22, CHEAO offered 27 continuing education events; 21 events provided nursing CE, three events provided continuing medical education and three events had both CE and CME. A total of 575 participants were awarded 2,374 hours.
Program Restarts After Pandemic Pause
The community-based Tropical Disease Research and Service Learning program in Ecuador was restarted after a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Led by Mario Grijalva, Ph.D., director of the Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute and Benjamin Bates, Ph.D., professor of Health Communication and with the participation of eight faculty from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, as well as 22 OHIO students and 21 PUCE students. Five research and nine service-learning projects were implemented during the program.
Prematriculation Program The Summer Pre-matriculation program is a four-week program that prepares students from Appalachia and underrepresented minorities in medicine for a successful transition and completion of year 1 of medical school. The goal is to increase representation of URM groups in the medical profession by enhancing student potential for success through early exposure that will prepare them to meet the rigorous demands and challenges of medical school. 2021 saw the largest group in the program, with 24 total participants spread across the three Heritage campuses.
Technology brings campuses together
Heritage College students and faculty at all three campuses are more connected than ever since ThinkHub was introduced this past year. The technology helps to bridge the gap between campuses so that student and instructor engagement can remain solid no matter where the lesson is taught.