ULSOM Quick Facts

Curriculum

  • The eQuality Project at UofL - UofL is the national model for AAMC competencies for LGBT health in medical schools (http://louisville.edu/medicine/ume/curriculum/equality) 
  • Medical students as Teachers program - prepares students to be effective physician educators to peers and patients through experiences in a variety of courses/clerkships
  • Distinction tracks: Business and Leadership, Global and Public Health, Health Equity and Social Justice, Medical Education, and Research Tracks
  • Areas of curricular emphasis: compassion, social justice, health disparities, complex biopsychosocial problems
  • M1-2 students spend ~150-180 hours a year in a small group, standardized patient, or clinical teaching environments


Student Profile -- Entering Class of 2022

  • Target 120 KY residents in class of ~165
  • 61% Female / 39% Male
  • 22% Underrepresented in medicine
  • 14% Nontraditional (Age range 27-46)
  • 11% 1st generation college students
  • Avg. cumulative GPA - 3.68
  • Avg. cumulative BCPM GPA - 3.58
  • Avg. MCAT - 507

 

Student Success -- 2022 Residency Match

  • 97% match rate overall
  • 37% primary care placements
  • 45 KY placements including 36 Louisville placements
  • Top 5 overall matches included Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery - Preliminary, Radiology - Diagnostic, and Family Medicine


Student Support

  • Advisory Deans – each medical student is assigned an advisory dean to be advised on:

  1. Transition into and through medical school
  2. Step-1 and Step-2 preparation & study techniques

  3. Interview skills, specialty choices and other areas of concern


  • Tutoring

  • Individual & group consultations for students & faculty

  • Board exam preparation

Student Life & Living Options

  • On-campus and affiliated apartment properties steps from UofL Health Sciences Center

  • Safety – On-site University Police offer escorts dusk to dawn 365 days a year from campus up to four blocks

  • Being Well initiative to combat burnout in medical students and physicians

  • HSC Fitness Center

  • More than 40 clubs and student organizations

  • Easy access to Downtown YMCA, Nulu business district, Fourth Street Live entertainment district, Waterfront Park and Slugger Field