Maine's Medical School - University of New England

Madawaska
Innovative Curriculum and
Life-Changing Clinical Experiences
Fort Kent
Eagle Lake
Caribou
Presque
Isle
The Osteopathic Philosophy –
Whole Person, Whole Patient
Osteopathic medicine is a distinctive branch
of medicine, developed in the late 1800s by an
American frontier doctor, Andrew Taylor Still, who
approached the treatment of the patient from an
aspect of complete unity. The principles he set forth
– which emphasize the interdependence of structure
and function in the body – continue to guide the
profession today.
UNE medical school applicants are expected to possess
an outstanding academic record and scholastic
ability, leadership skills, and experience with health
care and human services. In addition, they should
demonstrate a genuine interest in practicing primary
care, practicing in New England, and/or working in
underserved communities.
Our students come from around the nation and
the world, but in keeping with the mission of the
institution, most are from New England. Our program
is highly competitive. From the 3,380
applications received for the class of 2013, we
matriculated a class of 124 students.
UNE Students Excel
The College’s clinical campus network and academic
affiliations with community-based hospital
systems throughout the Northeast provide our
medical students with a patient-centered primary
care model for education.
Graduates of the UNE College of Osteopathic
Medicine enter highly competitive residency programs
throughout the United States, including the
Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Harvard/Spaulding
Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston University Medical
Center, Maine Medical Center, and many others.
Although more than 60 percent of our graduates
pursue training in the primary care fields of family
medicine, internal medicine, or pediatrics, other
graduates pursue training in specialties such as
anesthesiology, radiology, neurology, psychiatry, or
general surgery, to name a few.
Our students are required to pass the COMLEX-
USA (Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical
Licensure Examination) board examinations
prior to both clinical rotations and graduation.
For the 2008–2009 academic year, the overall pass
rate for UNE students taking COMLEX-USA Level
1 was the third highest in the profession.
The UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine’s innovative
Patient-First Curriculum focuses on creating outstanding
health care leaders who advance primary care and
community health. Medical students begin with oncampus
state-of-the-art learning laboratories for clinical
skills, anatomy, and osteopathic manipulative medicine,
and later experience core clinical rotations at satellite
campuses at numerous hospitals and medical centers
throughout Maine and the Northeast.
The substantial shortage of primary care physicians
nationwide is more significant in underserved areas
and among vulnerable populations. Through a partnership
with the Maine Area Health Education Center
(AHEC) Network, headquartered on the UNE campus,
the UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine reinforces its
commitment to rural primary care by requiring clinical
training for students in rural and underserved areas.
In addition, UNECOM is home to the Coastal Healthy
Communities Coalition, a Healthy Maine Partnership
that spearheads community outreach education and
activities to promote tobacco prevention/cessation, substance
abuse prevention, physical activity and nutrition.
To advance their medical studies, students are encouraged
to participate in a number of interdisciplinary
research and scholarship opportunities. The College
of Osteopathic Medicine participates in collaborative
research with the UNE Center for Excellence in the
Neurosciences and the UNE Center for Community and
Public Health. UNE medical students may work with
Fryeburg
Rumford
Bridgton
Wilton
Livermore Falls
Norway
Lewiston
Limerick Cumberland
Center
Winthrop
Freeport
Jackman
Norridgewock
Auburn
UNECOM
Farmington
Bingham
Oakland
Augusta
Monmouth
Damariscotta-
Newcastle
Topsham
Skowhegan
Fairfield
Waterville
Boothbay
Harbor
Old Town
Newport
Bangor Orono
Brewer
Hampden
Unity
Waldoboro
Belfast
Rockport
Lincoln
Ellsworth
Blue Hill
Houlton
Bar Harbor
UNECOM physicians
relative to Maine AHEC sites
80% of the AHEC sites are in rural areas
82% of UNECOM graduates are in rural areas
Machias
UNECOM interns/residents
UNECOM graduates actively
practicing in Maine
AHEC training sites
Rural Counties
Counties
25% of physicians practicing in Maine’s
rural areas are UNE graduates
nationally recognized faculty on important biomedical
research investigating acute and chronic pain, addiction,
diabetes, heart disease, the limbic system, and
many other fields of studies.
Calais
Eastport
Close partnership with the Maine AHEC Network reflects our rural health commitment