Guthrie and The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC) today signed an educational partnership agreement, marking Guthrie as TCMC’s fourth regional campus. This affiliation means Guthrie will be a clinical education site for a significant number of TCMC’s medical students. Dr. Joseph Scopelliti, Guthrie CEO and President said: “Guthrie has a long tradition in medical education dating back to our first interns in 1925. Partnering with a medical school in a larger role is exemplary of the learning environment which we have sought for our entire system. |
Scopelliti continued: “The formation of this partnership will allow us to continue to build a strong learning environment for future physicians. Medical knowledge is growing at a pace that is at times even hard to comprehend. What medical students and residents are expected to learn and master requires new methods and thoughtful partnerships. We believe that TCMC fills that need. And of course, we also take seriously our responsibility to replenish the physician supply in this region. So we also believe that this relationship will encourage local students to consider the benefits of working within our region, possibly choosing a residency with Guthrie, or maybe one day joining the Guthrie Medical Group.”
Steven J. Scheinman, MD, President and Dean, TCMC said: “We are tremendously excited to be formalizing this partnership. Guthrie has a long and impressive history of medical education, and as an integrated system Guthrie will give our students an excellent experience in 21st-century medicine. Dr. Scopelliti and his team have been excellent partners in these discussions. It is clear that our two organizations share the same mission and values, to improve the care of patients throughout this region and to strengthen the physician workforce.”
TCMC students will spend time at Guthrie through all four of their years in medical school. Twenty members of the incoming class that arrives in August will do their clinical training at Guthrie. The most intensive clinical training occurs in the third and fourth years.
Sixteen third-year medical students from TCMC have already arrived at Guthrie in July. Their third year is devoted to clinical experiences in six specialty areas: internal medicine, family medicine, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, and general surgery.
Guthrie is a non-profit integrated health system located in north central Pennsylvania and Upstate New York, serving patients from an 11-county service area. Guthrie is comprised of a research institute, home care/hospice, hospitals in Sayre, Pa., Corning, N.Y., Towanda, Pa., and Troy, Pa., as well as a multi-specialty group practice of more than 290 physicians and 175 mid-level providers in a regional office network encompassing sub-specialty and primary care sites in 23 communities throughout Pennsylvania and New York. Guthrie offers a wide range of services and programs designed to enhance the health and well-being of those it serves.
The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC) is one of the nation’s newest fully-accredited medical colleges. TCMC offers a community-based model of medical education with campuses in Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Williamsport awarding Doctor of Medicine (MD) degrees, Master of Biomedical Sciences (MBS) degrees, and MD/Master of Public Health (MPH) dual degrees. The College’s innovative curriculum is focused on caring for people in the context of their lives and their community. TCMC educates the next generation of physicians and scientists from within its 17-county region in northeastern and north central Pennsylvania as well as from across the state and the nation. The Commonwealth Medical College is committed to non-discrimination in all employment and educational opportunities.