Texas AM University School of Medicine

Texas A&M University School of Medicine

Founded by the Teague-Cranston Act, Texas A&M University School of Medicine was created to serve the underserved populations of Texas with the core values of Texas A&M University. Today, we are leading the way for 21st century medicine through research, clinical care, medical education, community impact and innovation.

The Texas A&M School of Medicine Department of Medical Education provides a mechanism to bring together core faculty educators committed to and passionate about moving the mission and vision of the college forward as it pertains to medical education. The department is dedicated to the education of our medical students as well as helping us to meet our goals of excellence around our college's mission and vision and ongoing full LCME accreditation.

Medical Education Mission

The mission of the department is to promote and nurture those key faculty within the School of Medicine dedicated to the improvement and advancement of both undergraduate and graduate medical education.

Medical Education Vision

The Department of Medical Education has established the following areas of vision:

• Career/professional development and mentoring of all faculty within the department and within the school.
• Collaboration with the Office of Faculty Development to improve the quality of teaching within the school,
• Community outreach around topics of medical education
• Development of core educators to fulfill the teaching needs of the school
• Promotion of scholarly medical education research
• Sponsorship of medical education activities

Mission

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of the people of Texas through excellence in education, research and health care delivery.

Vision

Our vision is to develop the innovators and leaders in medicine and biomedical research who will transform American medicine in the 21st century.

Degree Programs

The School of Medicine offers multiple paths to earning a medical degree:

• Traditional MD, for students who want to practice medicine
• MS or PhD in medical sciences, for specialized graduate research
• EnMed, for physicians who want to engineer patient solutions
• Certificate or MS in education for health care professionals, for health care academia
• MD/PhD, for highly motivated students planning careers in academic medicine
• MD Plus, combines the MD degree with other masters programs:
  • MS in biomedical science
  • MS in education of health care professionals
  • MBA in conjunction with the Mays Business School
  • MPH in conjunction with the School of Public Health

Source: https://medicine.tamu.edu/