Mayo Medical School



Mayo Medical School is a part of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. It grants degrees in medicine, and is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

History
The Mayo Clinic has a long history of medical education, and was a pioneer in post graduate education for doctors. While a world leader in training doctors after they had graduated from medical school, it was not until half a century later that Mayo ventured into training medical students. In 1972, Mayo Medical School opened its doors to 40 students for the first Mayo Medical School class chosen from 473 applicants. In its short history the school has risen to become one of the most prestigious medical schools in the United States. Today, the class size is still very small and select by American medical school standards, accepting 42 students from an applicant pool that today numbers over 5000 and making it the most selective medical school in the United States. In addition to allowing for extremely high selection standards and significant individual student attention, the class size is small in part because every medical student at the school receives financial assistance from the Mayo Foundation, with several students each year receiving full tuition scholarships. This is in line with the Mayo philosophy that the medical school should be able to train the best and brightest from all over the world, regardless of the ability of a student to pay for their medical education.



Mayo Medical School is located in the heart of downtown Rochester, and has over 26,000 Mayo faculty, staff, and students. While the Mayo Clinic enjoys an international reputation for excellence in medicine the medical school is still new and growing; yet even in its youth Mayo Medical School is ranked among the top medical schools in the United States, and its clinical years provide students with training and opportunities available only at the Mayo Clinic, one of the top medical institutions in the United States

The MMS campus activity is centered around the Mitchell Student Center next to the Mayo and Gonda buildings. These interconnected buildings, together with Rochester Methodist Hospital, comprise the core of Mayo's clinical practice facilities in downtown Rochester.

Mayo students attend classes and conduct laboratory exercises in the adjacent Guggenheim Building for Research and Education, the new Stabile Building, and the Siebens Medical Education Building. Within the Stabile Building is the new, state-of-the-art anatomy laboratory. While most education takes place in these buildings, students enjoy educational opportunities in almost every Mayo facility, as well as being able to partake in funded rotations at the Mayo facilities in Arizona and Florida. Mayo Medical Students can also take advantage of funded international rotations and medical volunteer trips, paid for by the Clinic and taken between normal instructional rotations.

Saint Marys Hospital and Rochester Methodist Hospital are integral to the Mayo campus, providing essential inpatient learning experiences for medical students. The Mayo College of Medicine also includes programs in physical therapy, dentistry, physician assistant, and postgraduate residency and fellowship training programs. The Physician Assistant program is also affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and students at the Medical School have the option to pursue several combined degree programs with other universities (MD-JD, MD-MBA, and MD-MPH).