Medical School Evolving
UAMS Called Good for Students, Region
Posted: February 10, 2013 at 5 a.m.
Jonathan Unwer counts pills behind the counter at North Hills Fayetteville Collier Drug Store. Unwer is a fourth-year pharmacy student at University of Arkansas for Medical Services in Fayetteville.
The offerings continue to evolve four years after the first students set foot on the Northwest Arkansas satellite campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
By The Numbers
UAMS Northwest
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences-Northwest Arkansas campus opened in 2009 with six medical students. A look at the current and future size of the school:
2012-13 2013-14
Medicine 29 33
Pharmacy 51 60
Nursing 41 45
Health Professions (Radiation Technology)21 25
Totals 142 163
The campus also hopes to begin a program in physical therapy and a residency program for internal medicine in 2014.
Source: Staff Report
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