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The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and the Division of Rural Medicine, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, have set forth goals to be attained through this innovative rural education program to prepare students for the practice of medicine in a rural environment.  Participation in this curriculum is especially valuable for those students committeed to establishing a foundation for a future practice serving rural and underserved populations.  This rural medicine curriculum includes academic activities and clinical experiences from prematriculation through all four years of predoctoral medical education.  These are completed in addition to the courses in the regular medical school curriculum. 

The overall goals of the ROME curriculum are to:

      1.   provide educational experiences that will enable the student to acquire the

            knowledge and skills necessary for a professional career in rural medicine;

      2.   provide a foundation for life and practice in a rural community; and

      3.   prepare the graduate for acceptance into premier graduate medical education programs.

The Rural Osteopathic Medical Education of Texas (ROME) curriculum gives students the real-world experience of living and working in rural Texas.  The teaching progoram of this curriculum has been designed to encompass the overall goals of the institution in assisting students to acquire competency in clinical medicine.

 

• ROME Curriculum Outline

Special features of ROME include:

• Training in specialty areas needed for rural practice.
• Real-world experience training alongside practicing rural physicians.
• Telemedicine training to prepare physicians to extend their practices and maintain their professional expertise electronically to improve the quality of care available to rural patients.

In addition to regular medical school studies, ROME students will receive advanced education and special courses in:

• Clinical Skills

• Public Health/Preventive Medicine
• Environmental Medicine
• Advanced Emergency Medicine
• Telemedicine
• Orthopedics

• Health Policy

• Psychiatry

• Community Medicine
• Pediatrics
• Critical Care Medicine