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McGovern Medical School

{{short description|Medical school in Houston, Texas, US}}

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{{Infobox university

| name = McGovern Medical School

| image = UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School Logo.png

| former_name = University of Texas Medical School at Houston
UTHealth Medical School

| established = 1969

| type = Public Medical school

| parent = University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

| dean = John Hanock

| students = 1,086{{Cite web|url=https://med.uth.edu/about-us/|title=About Us|last=School|first=McGovern Medical|website=med.uth.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-22}}

| postgraduate = 1,226 Residents/Fellows

| faculty = 1,791{{Cite web|url=https://med.uth.edu/about-us/|title=About Us|last=School|first=McGovern Medical|website=med.uth.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-22}}

| city = Houston, Texas

| campus = Urban

| website = {{url|med.uth.edu}}

}}

The John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School, located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, is the graduate medical school associated with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston). Established by the Texas Legislature in 1969 as the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, the McGovern Medical School enrolled its first class of 19 students in 1970. Today, the school annually enrolls a class size of 240 students, making it the seventh-largest medical school in the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://med.uth.edu/about-us/|title=About Us|last=School|first=McGovern Medical|website=med.uth.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-22}}

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History

In 1968, the University of Texas Board of Regents signed an affiliation agreement with Hermann Hospital for the hospital to become the primary teaching facility for the proposed University of Texas Medical School at Houston.{{Cite web|url=https://med.uth.edu/historical-milestones/|title=Historical Milestones at McGovern Medical School|last=McGovern Medical School|date=|website=med.uth.edu|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-23}} In 1969, the University of Texas Medical School at Houston was simultaneously authorized with the Texas Tech University School of Medicine by the Texas Legislature{{Cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/sfm02|title=MEDICAL EDUCATION|last=BROWN|first=D. CLAYTON|date=2010-06-15|website=tshaonline.org|language=en|access-date=2020-04-23}} to address the projected state and national shortages of physicians.

In 1972, the school joins the newly formed University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

= Renaming =

In 2010, the University of Texas System Board of Regents approves a dba for the University of Texas Health Science Center to operate under the name UTHealth. This results in the renaming of the UT Medical School at Houston to the UTHealth Medical School.

In 2015, the school received a $75 million donation from the John P. McGovern Foundation, the largest donation in the university's history. In honor of the gift, the UTHealth Medical School was renamed the John P. and Katherine G. McGovern Medical School.{{Cite web|url=https://med.uth.edu/mcgovern-info/|title=John P. McGovern Foundation Renames McGovern Medical School - McGovern Medical School|website=med.uth.edu|access-date=2020-04-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life/11-23-15-largest-gift-in-uthealth-medical-school-history-becomes-a-game-changer-and-name-changer/|title=Largest gift in UTHealth Medical School history becomes a game changer — and name changer|website=CultureMap Houston|language=en|access-date=2020-04-23}}

= Location =

{{wide image|Skyline of the Texas Medical Center - Houston, TX - December 2019.jpg|1600px|View of the Texas Medical Center from the east. Hermann Park is in the foreground.|100%|center|dir=rtl}}The Texas Medical Center is a dense agglomeration of hospitals, schools, and ancillary businesses clustered on a triangular piece of land bordered by Rice University and the neighborhood of Southampton to the west, Brays Bayou to the south and east, and Hermann Park to the north. With over 120,000 employees, the TMC is the largest medical complex in the world."[https://www.tmc.edu/about-tmc/]." Texas Medical Center. Retrieved on October 12, 2024. The Texas Medical Center Corporation has compared its dense cityscape to the Chicago Loop and Lower Manhattan."[https://web.archive.org/web/20110717142402/http://www.texasmedicalcenter.org/NR/rdonlyres/2C814975-2A2B-4AC1-B898-0C424A311C28/0/50YearMasterPlanLowRes2006UpdateV2.pdf A 50 Year Master Plan 2006 Update]." Texas Medical Center. 2006. 2 (5/34). Retrieved on January 17, 2010.

== Affiliated hospitals and research institutes==

MD Anderson facilities (Mitchell pavilion; North campus main building and clinics; Mid campus.)]]

Academics

= Admissions =

The admissions process is streamlined through Texas Medical & Dental Schools Application Service (TMDSAS), whereby applicants are ranked by schools at which they interview and then "matched" for final placement to a single Texas medical school of their highest preference.{{cite web|url=http://www.utsystem.edu/tmdsas/contact.html#MedicalSchools|title=Texas Medical & Dental Schools Application Service|access-date=2012-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620121304/http://www.utsystem.edu/tmdsas/contact.html#MedicalSchools|archive-date=2012-06-20|url-status=dead}}

= Matriculation Statistics =

  • Average GPA: 3.88
  • Average MCAT: 512
  • Interview rate(s) (in-state and out-of-state applicants): 22% (in-state) 5.7% (out-of-state)
  • Acceptance rate: 9.5%
  • Percent of entering class in-state: 95%
  • Tuition (in-state and out-of-state applicants): $20,092 (in-state) $29,708 (out-of-state):{{cite web|url=https://mededits.com/medical-school-admissions/schools-by-state/texas/|title=Texas Medical School Statistics}}

= Dual Degree Programs =

Along with the M.D. degree, McGovern Medical School offers options for students to pursue combined degrees and to earn special graduation distinctions. The combined degrees include:{{cite web|url=https://med.uth.edu/about-us/dual-degree-programs|title=Dual Degree Programs}}

== Library ==

The Texas Medical Center Library is a health sciences library located in the Texas Medical Center (TMC) in Houston, TX. The TMC Library is the only major medical and scientific library serving the entire 1,345 sq. acre Texas Medical Center (TMC) campus and its non-profit institutions. It offers librarian services, and provides biomedical information for education and research activities to take place, and study space for students for these schools to help maintain their accreditation.

For the past twenty-five years, the TMC Library has been the home site for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – South Central Region (NN/LM SCR). Through a competitive bid process, the TMC Library has secured the contract from the National Library of Medicine, under the National Institutes of Health.

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See also

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