California University of Science and Medicine

The California University of Science and Medicine (CUSM) School of Medicine is a newly accredited medical school located in Colton, California, San Bernardino County, United States. CUSM received preliminary LCME accreditation in February 2018, and enrolled students for classes conferring an M.D. degree beginning July 2018.[2] The new CUSM campus, completed in 2020, has two lecture halls, nine college rooms, 15 clinical skills rooms and three labs.[3] More than 2,400 students applied to CUSM's inaugural class, with 64 students enrolling in the class of 2022.[4] In 2019, more than 5,300 students applied to CUSM, with 98 students enrolling in the class of 2023.[5] In 2020, more than 5,300 students applied to CUSM, with 130 students enrolling in the class of 2024.[6] The average GPA of accepted students is 3.6, with an average MCAT score of 513.[7]

California University of Science and Medicine
Other name
CUSM; CalMed
TypePrivate medical school
Established2015
AffiliationArrowhead Regional Medical Center
DeanPaul Lyons, MD.[1]
Location
Colton
,
California
,
United States
Websitehttp://www.cusm.org

The California University of Science and Medicine currently is affiliated with Arrowhead Regional Medical Center as the primary teaching hospital.[8]

CUSM is one of the newer medical schools in the nation. It is a world-class medical university established as a public-private partnership to focus on the critical shortage of physicians, address the needs of underserved areas, improve health disparities and population health in the Inland Empire in California. CUSM has great support and was made possible because of Prime Healthcare Foundation, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center and the County of San Bernardino.

CUSM takes a different approach in medical school training and focuses on a new kind of physician leader, one who is committed to providing health care in underserved communities where there is a continuing amount of physician shortages. San Bernardino County has only 34.5 primary care physicians per 100,000 residents, going under the benchmark of 60 to 80 doctors per 100,000. CUSM aims to fulfill its commitment to increase the quality of health care in the Inland Empire by training talented students and inspiring them to give back to the local community or to other underserved areas across the world. The majority of the students in the class of 2022 (80%), class of 2023 (80%), and class of 2024 (98%) comes from California.[9]

References
  1. "Message from the Dean". California University of Science and Medicine. Retrieved 24 Feb 2018.
  2. "Accredited MD Programs in the United States". Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. https://www.smithgroup.com/projects/california-university-of-science-and-medicine-school-of-medicine
  4. "New Inland Empire medical school to welcome inaugural class in July". San Bernardino Sun. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  5. https://www.cusm.org/school-of-medicine/admissions/class-profile.php
  6. https://www.cusm.org/school-of-medicine/admissions/class-profile.php
  7. https://www.cusm.org/school-of-medicine/admissions/class-profile.php
  8. "San Bernardino County awards new Colton medical school a $10 million contract". The Sun. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  9. Press, Special to the Daily. "Attacking the doctor shortage". vvdailypress.com. Retrieved 2020-09-08.

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