New York University School of Medicine Three-Year Pathway to the MD degree, New York, NY

The NYU School of Medicine Three Year Pathway programs allows students to tailor their training through the development of individualized pathways in 20 programs. This program started in 2013 after redesign of the medical school curriculum to an 18 month pre-clerkship curriculum that allowed the development of 3, 4 or 5 year (dual-degree) training programs. Greatest benefit is the ability to track student's competency and development over 7 (or more) years from UME through GME. Allows students who are certain about their career choice to individualize their training, enter practice earlier, partake in education and research in the field they are most attracted to and to have less financial debt.

Penn State College of Medicine Three-Year Accelerated Pathways, Hershey, PA

Penn State College of Medicine aims to align medical training with the healthcare needs of the nation and to develop a competency-based education that supports individualized learning. Penn State launched a 3-year program accelerated pathway in Family Medicine (FM-APPS) in 2014.  The accelerated program currently offers pathways in Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Psychiatry.

Family Medicine Accelerated Track (FMAT) at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX

The Family Medicine Accelerated Track (FMAT) at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) is a 3-year curriculum that leads to the MD degree and links program graduates to family medicine residency in one of TTUHSC’s programs in Lubbock, Amarillo or the Permian Basin.

For more information, email Betsy.jones@ttuhsc.edu

Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) Family Medicine Accelerated Track (FM-ACT), Savannah, GA

Memorial Medicine Family Medicine Residency teamed up with Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) to institute an innovative 3-year accelerated medical school curriculum track in 2012. The program has opportunities for Family Medicine, Internal Medicine (primary care focus) over 3 campuses.

University of California Davis (UC Davis) School of Medicine Accelerated Pathway, Davis, CA

The UC Davis School of Medicine Accelerated Competency-based Education in Primary Care (ACE-PC) Program is a six-year medical school/residency pathway for students committed to primary care careers. Planned expansion to other areas of workforce need (e.g., General Surgery, Pediatrics).

The Medical College of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI

The Medical College of Wisconsin-Green Bay is a 134-week, calendar efficient medical education curriculum leading to the awarding of the MD degree. The initial cohort of 25 students matriculated July of 2015 at Green Bay. Students pay three-years of tuition and enter the workforce an entire year earlier. A second regional campus in the MCW system opens July 2016 in Central Wisconsin which includes a longitudinal clerkship curriculum variation.

The Medical College of Wisconsin- Central Wisconsin, Wausau, WI

MCW-Central Wisconsin opened in 2016 as the second of two regional campuses of MCW (the first being MCW-Green Bay which opened in 2015), with our first graduating class in 2019. Our mission is to produce a community-engaged primary care and psychiatric workforce for Central and Northern Wisconsin.

McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

McMaster University has offered a 3-year degree since inception of program in 1969. Students enter Canadian Residency Matching Service (CaRMS) in final year to compete with graduates from all Canadian medical schools; no direct entry residency streams

The Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University three-year MD program (3YMD @ RSOM)

Students who are accepted into the 3YMD enter a pipeline program that links them with the RSOM residency program of their choice. The completion of a total of 14 weeks of summer academic credits allows 3YMD students to fulfill the requirements for an MD degree, and complete 135 weeks in three years. Ten weeks of summer academic credits is completed within the GME program of their choice, ensuring that 3YMD students are assimilated into their departments and comfortable with their career choice. The 3YMD program began in 2018.

University of Louisville School of Medicine Trover Campus Rural Medicine Accelerated Track (RMAT)

RMAT began in 2012 and is a 130 week curriculum with the clinical portion based at the ULSOM regional rural Trover Campus in Madisonville.

University of North Carolina: Fully Integrated Readiness for Service Training (FIRST), Chapel Hill NC

The FIRST Program is a 3+3+3 program, creating an accelerated and enhanced training connecting the medical training pipeline from three years of medical school to three years of family medicine residency, to three years of practice support following training in a rural/underserved area of North Carolina.

The Ohio State University Primary Care Track (OSU-PCT), Columbus OH

Ohio State’s Primary Care Track (OSU-PCT) is intended for students interested in a career in family medicine. Approved through the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) -- the accreditation board for medical colleges in the US and Canada -- this three-year medical school program culminates in the MD degree and offers a family medicine residency curriculum. Students who successfully graduate from the OSU-PCT will be offered acceptance into the OSU Family Medicine Residency Program.

Duke University School of Medicine, Raleigh NC

In 2016, Duke University School of Medicine implemented an accelerated pathway in orthopaedics (APO) to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of training in orthopaedic surgery.  A unique curriculum in the third year of medical school here provides the potential opportunity for up to two students to participate in an accelerated UME-GME orthopaedic residency program at Duke.  Students who successfully complete this third year are be eligible for direct admission into the Duke Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program PGY-1 level the following year.

Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine Accelerated Medical Pathways, charleston SC

The MUSC College of Medicine Accelerated Medical Pathways began in 2018 following the success of a 2015 pilot program in the Department of Orthopaedics. This program offers students the opportunity to meet graduation requirements in three years and enter a conditional residency position in one of 11 participating residency programs at MUSC.

Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine – Phase 3 - Entry into Residency Programs

Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine offers an opportunity for students to individualize their fourth year (Phase 3) experience based on their own professional and developmental needs and goals. Options for Phase 3 include dual degree programs (e.g. MBA), research or clinical immersion programs or entry into Residency. This residency entry option allows the student to enter a Hackensack Meridian Health residency program after three years at the SOM. We believe these Phase 3 options will provide an improved transition across the UME-GME continuum. The inaugural class began in July 2018.

Contacts: Jeffrey R. Boscamp, MD, President and Dean, Jeffrey.Boscamp@hmhn.org  Miriam Hoffman, MD, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Miriam.Hoffman@hmhn.org

Cooper medical School of Rowan University

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University now offers an accelerated three-year MD degree pathway for students interested in primary care or pediatrics. The Three-Year Accelerated Primary Care Track, known as PC3, allows students to earn their MD degrees faster and at a reduced cost. Highly motivated students are accepted into PC3, which also offers conditional acceptance into pediatric and internal medicine residency programs at Cooper University Hospital. The PC3 Program supports Cooper Medical School of Rowan University’s mission to train the next generation of primary care physicians to provide patient-centered, humanistic and culturally-sensitive care for patients and families in New Jersey and beyond.

NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine

The NYU Long Island’s pioneering three-year undergraduate medical education program combines innovations in medical education and research together with high-quality patient care that is anchored in the principles of primary care and health systems science. To further advance our primary care mission, NUYLI pairs acceptance to the School of Medicine with an offer of a directed pathway to residency at NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island. NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine’s innovative three-year curriculum prepares physicians to become leaders in primary care, who are equipped to deliver high-quality, coordinated, effective, and efficient healthcare that is patient focused and family centered. Our program shortens the time it takes to complete medical school by one full year.

Meharry College of Medicine

For more than 100 years, Meharry’s School of Medicine has served as the place where Meharry grows its unique brand of doctors. We are known for our nurturing environment which produces physicians who are trained to provide exceptional, compassionate care with a special focus on serving the nation’s underserved and most vulnerable populations. Maybe this is the reason Meharry’s School of Medicine continues to be one of the nation’s leading producers of primary care physicians. Our medical school, located in Nashville, TN, is also home to several nationally recognized centers that provide scientific research, training, and patient care designed to eliminate health disparities.

Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) began the competency-based graduation (CBG) program in 2018. Our program offers the opportunity for students to complete their medical curriculum in three years. ​Students apply and are selected in the first semester of their second year with enrollment into the CBG program following successful completion of USMLE Step 1. Students are placed in a specifically designated track in their clerkship year of medical school that provides them ​an accelerated path to graduation and direct progression into one of several ​participating residency​ programs at VCU and regionally. ​Progression is determined by a competency committee based on summative assessment of performance. The​se program​s currently include Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, OB-GYN, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry ​with plans to expand into other specialties. ​We have graduated two successful cohorts thus far with five students in cohort 2020 and four students in cohort 2021 respectively.

Rutgers New jersey medical school

Through a rigorous curriculum that places emphasis on combining holistic educational experiences with lessons learned by on-the-job training, New Jersey Medical School students are taught by venerated faculty members to become highly-skilled and compassionate physicians who deliver a particular brand of medicine and healthcare that is defined by extraordinary skill, professionalism, and respect for the patient.

West Virginia University School of Medicine

The purpose of the Mountaineer Accelerated Track to Enter Residency (MATTER) is to present an accelerated pathway toward residency for medical students who have committed to a core specialty at West Virginia University School of Medicine. As a component of our career advising system, MATTER is a potential option for students to secure a residency position at one of our three clinical campuses. Students may apply to a core specialty, including family medicine, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology or pediatrics. 

Wayne State School of Medicine

The three-year M.D. program is the only one of its kind in Michigan. WSU is among a small group of nationally-recognized schools to offer a three-year alternative to what is traditionally a four-year path. Geared to fit students who have previous health care backgrounds and careers, the program diversifies the School of Medicine's offerings for students who are ready to accelerate into their physician career by completing medical school and receiving a conditional, non-binding acceptance into a Wayne State residency position upon completion.

University of Arizona College of Medicine

This program received approval in 2023.

Geisinger Commonwealth school of Medicine

Abigail Geisinger Scholars can also join the Primary Care 3+3 Accelerated Program, which creates a directed pathway into one of our residency programs linked to your medical school training. This means you enter residency one year earlier than your peers, allowing you to start serving your community sooner — while still meeting all educational objectives.

University of Tennessee health sciences center

We are excited to introduce The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine (UTHSC CoM) 3-year accelerated MD pathway. This pathway allows students to complete medical school more rapidly and with reduced cost. The 3-year parallel curriculum is directed at highly motivated students who have pre-determined their specialty area and who wish to complete their residency here at UTHSC within one of the following specialties: Family Medicine (Memphis, Jackson and Murfreesboro), Internal Medicine (Memphis, Nashville and Chattanooga), Medicine-Pediatrics, Neurology, Pediatrics (Memphis and Chattanooga), or Psychiatry. In the future we hope to expand to other UTHSC residency programs across the state. Upon successful completion of medical school, students in the 3-year MD program will have a directed pathway to their chosen residency program. Students in the parallel 3-year curriculum will achieve the same program objectives and curricular goals as those in the traditional 4-year curriculum.

University of massachusetts school of medicine

The aMD Accelerated MD Program at the T.H. Chan School of Medicine is designed for a select group of learners committed to a career in one of the following generalist specialties: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine or Pediatrics; and who seek to accelerate the path through medical training (or to residency).

University of oklahoma school of community medicine

Beginning in the Fall of 2023, The OU School of Community Medicine will offer an accelerated MD pathway program which will allow up to six selected students per MS1 class to complete the MD degree in three years instead of the usual four*.  This program provides the opportunity for students to enter a directed pathway which leads from accelerated acquisition of the MD degree into a primary care residency training program at SCM.  Once students complete the academic and professional standards for graduation from medical school, they will be positioned to match into an SCM primary care residency program (up to two students each for pediatrics, family medicine, and internal medicine) through the National Residency Matching Program®.  These “3+3” accelerated MD pathway programs are designed to emphasize continuity between medical school and residency training, provide for enhanced mentoring with faculty, and allow graduates earlier career entry in their chosen fields.  In addition to these advantages, students benefit from reduced medical education costs and optimize their opportunities for continuity in patient care and for career and practice advising.

University of Colorado school of medicine

The University of Colorado School of Medicine offers an innovative, three-year accelerated MD option with a direct path to residency for eligible students committed to a career in pediatrics, family medicine, rural family medicine, internal medicine primary care, or internal medicine/infectious diseases. These five specialty tracks are designed to address critical physician workforce needs while supporting a more streamlined and affordable medical education. The Peak-to-Peak Pathway champions strong integration between medical school and residency training, providing students with early and meaningful clinical exposure leading directly to their chosen residency and specialty training programs. Close partnerships between the medical school, clinical sites and residency training programs enable thoughtfully designed experiences that align with students’ career goals and enhance training relevance.