Here are 11 new medical education schools, programs or departments announced or launched in the first half of 2016, beginning with the most recent. 1. Med school for engineers in the works at Texas A&M College Station-based Texas A&M University plans to establish an engineering medical school at Houston Methodist Hospital, pending various approvals 2. UPenn rolls out joint MD-JD degree program For students who are interested in both law and medicine, look to Philadelphia — the University of Pennsylvania is offering a new joint MD-JD program. 3. University of Nebraska Medical Center to add dermatology department Omaha-based University of Nebraska Medical Center's College of Medicine is launching its second new department in a year, this time establishing a department of dermatology to help address a statewide shortage. 4. UCF medical school seeking applicants for new emergency medicine residency program The University of Central Florida College of Medicine in Orlando is teaming up with Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Fla., to launch a new graduate medical education training program this July. 5. MountainView Hospital OB-GYN residency program receives accreditation Las Vegas-based MountainView Hospital received accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to create an obstetrics and gynecology residency program. 6. University of the Incarnate Word scores medical school accreditation San Antonio-based University of the Incarnate Word received accreditation for its medical school by the American Osteopathic Association's Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation. 7. University of California adds healthcare policy master's for med students University of California, Riverside is adding a Master of Public Policy to its graduate offerings to involve more physicians in developing healthcare policy and reform. 8. MountainView Hospital's General Surgery Residency Program receives ACGME accreditation Las Vegas-based MountainView Hospital's General Surgery Residency Program received accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. 9. UW, Gonzaga sign agreement for medical school partnership In late February, there were hints of a potential medical school partnership between Spokane, Wash.-based Gonzaga University and Seattle-based University of Washington. Now the schools officially announced their partnership. 10. Despite concerns, first medical school in Idaho gains approval Idaho will officially have its own private medical school: the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine. 11. Lincoln Memorial University creates Doctor of Medical Science graduate program Harrogate, Tenn.-based Lincoln Memorial University formed a new Doctor of Medical Science graduate program. Source
