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Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine  at New Mexico State University
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine at New Mexico State University
  • Year founded: 2013
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Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine at New Mexico State University
Osteopathic Medical School
Las Cruces, NM
  • SDN RANKING 1
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 1 14 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 4 0 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $60
  • Non - Resident Tuition $60
  • Application Fee $75
  • AVG MCAT N/A
  • AVG GPA N/A
  • LIZZYM Score N/A
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Admissions Information

  • Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • 3501 Arrowhead Drive
  • Las Cruces, NM 88001
  • United States

School Overview

Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine at New Mexico State University Fast Facts

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School Info

Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine at New Mexico State University (BCOM) is one of the nation’s newest medical colleges. BCOM is student-centered, utilizing the most advanced technologies and learning methods to assure student and professional practice success in all fields of medicine, from primary care to subspecialties.

Curriculum

BCOM employs an integrated, systems-based, applications-oriented approach, and is designed to provide graduates with the knowledge, skills and competencies necessary to succeed as osteopathic physicians. The curriculum uses several educational approaches, including: traditional lectures, integrative sessions (using electronic response systems), laboratory and skills instruction, active learning (adult and interactive techniques), team-based learning, large and small group sessions, directed study and clinical case presentations. These learning formats foster comprehension, promotes the application of knowledge, emphasizes competency in osteopathic philosophy, develops clinical skills, and stimulates critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Facilities

BCOM sits on the New Mexico State University campus, near the football stadium. A seven acre, eighty thousand square foot, three story facility contains the new osteopathic medical school.
Academic spaces include the following:

• A state of the art Simulation Center.
• Standardized Patient suite with 10 exam rooms, a control room, patient lounge, changing rooms and tech workspace.
• Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine lab with 30 stations and a raised instructor station.
• Gross and virtual anatomy labs.
• Two tiered lecture halls providing visibility for all students that can be used for traditional lectures and be converted for collaborative learning.
• Eleven seminar rooms for small group work.

Student support spaces include the following:

• Learning Center with library and quiet study areas, textbook storage, five group study rooms and a student work room.
• Student locker facilities.
• Two student lounges, each with access to the courtyard.
• Student fitness center at NMSU

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 10
Negatively 1
No change 3

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
3.00 14

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
7.14 14

0 = low, 10 = high

Select Questions & Recent Responses

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"Have the faculty giving interviews really listen to the applicant, have them ask appropriate questions regarding the applicant. Don’t make it interrogation. Interviewer was lacking social cues" More from this Member | Report Response

"To continue to f/u with applicants." More from this Member | Report Response

"None" More from this Member | Report Response

"Thank you for making me feel right at home" More from this Member | Report Response

"N/A" More from this Member | Report Response

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"tell me about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Burrell?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Not allowed to disclose" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your thoughts about telemedicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What I knew about OMM" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Burrell" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Vaccinations: how would you address the problem, communicate with an unvaccinated patient, address other concerned parties" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Osteopathic medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if your patient refused to vaccinate herself and her infant (if you're a primary care physician)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had to create a project that involved the entire class, and everyone had to participate in the project, how would you get your fellow students to participate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Question about US history they expected me to know" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They often built off of answers and so I really enjoyed just going into more detail" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Not allowed to disclose" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have a favorite poet?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Whether medicine is based on curiosity or desire to help people." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"About an EC" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The questions that was most pertinent to me." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What region of New Mexico do you feel best suited to live in for your clinical years, given the illegal immigrant population in Las Cruces, the homeless population in Albuquerque, or the native population on the reservation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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Individual Responses

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School Reviews

School Reviews

Results Overview

Overall, how satisfied are you with this program?

Response Avg # Responders
6.33 3

0 = Terrible, 10 = World Class

What do you like most?

"The sunny weather" | Report Response

"Comradery and opportunity for hands on learning" | Report Response

"The school is very responsive to the students' concerns. Whether it's curriculum or or daily procedures if enough students feel like something could be better the school will make changes. The professors and staff are quite vocal about their goal of helping students succeed." | Report Response

What do you like least?

"The unprofessional atmosphere, heavy curriculum that leaves little time for board prep, some exam questions are very subjective and culturally ignorant, PCP spends more time teaching you about how to talk to an LGBTQ+ patient than it does a Hispanic or native patient considering this school is 40 minutes away from the US-Mexico border. Lastly, faculty will tell you wrong information about dates/policy and it is your responsibility to not get tricked by faculty. Lastly, it is a for-profit school, so they obviously would prefer you take 5-6 years to complete the curriculum than to just do it in 4 years because that means more profit." | Report Response

"COVID is making a lot of the fun activities virtual, which is kind of a bummer but not a fault of the school" | Report Response

"The school is still new and figuring out the best way to help students prepare for boards." | Report Response

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