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Kettering launches new Premedical Education course of study! - Page 2

According to Seeley and Atkinson, more than 900 Kettering alumni have gone on to medical school and 350 have gone to dental school.

“Two things ultimately enabled us to offer a pre-med course of study: the creation of the Biochemistry Department and the donation of the Dane ’69 and Mary Louise Miller Life Sciences and Bio-Engineering Laboratory facilities,” said Seeley.

The $1.2 million laboratories, made possible by a donation from the Millers, are multi-use spaces that can be used in tandem or separately by converting to surgery simulation suites complete with surgical scrub sinks where students perform simulated surgery. Both laboratories, comprising approximately 3,400 square feet, are usable for lecture or lab, with additional features including a cold room, storage area and a prep room to support laboratory functions.

“The Dane Miller gift was key in the development of this course of study because of the quality of the labs,” agreed Harris. “I believe that our pre-med program is one of the best in the country and we have exceptional faculty to deliver it,” he added.

In the fall of 2007 Harris established a cross-functional Pre-Med Development Committee (PDC) headed by Tony Hain, associate provost for Graduate Studies and Continuing Education, to study the suitability of developing and implementing a pre-med course of study at Kettering. The Board of Trustees approved the pre-med course of study at the March meeting this year.

In addition to state-of-the-art laboratory facilities, the cooperative education experience at Kettering gives students a competitive advantage for acceptance into medical school.

“What makes the Kettering program different is that the co-op experience gives Kettering students an opportunity to learn both in the classroom and in the real world, which translates into an added value that enables them to get into medical school,” said Atkinson, adding that “as medicine becomes increasingly technical, having a strong foundation in science with an understanding of engineering will make the difference.”

For more information about the Kettering Premedical Course of Study, visit their web site at http://www.kettering.edu/futurestudents/undergraduate/premed.jsp.