Penn State College of Medicine's three-year MD Accelerated Pathways provide students the opportunity to complete medical school in three years with a directed path into residency, pending successful completion of their medical school training. Upon meeting the academic and professional standards for graduation from medical school, students are ranked to match into a Penn State Health residency program through the National Resident Matching Program.
Penn State's accelerated MD Program is unique in that its pathways are designed to optimize the UME-GME continuum and allow students who already know their career path to progress into emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine or psychiatry. There are also accelerated pathways that are designed to accommodate the timelines for MD/PhD students in dermatology, neurosurgery and otolaryngology.
The benefits of the accelerated options include reduction of medical education costs and earlier career entry. The linkage of undergraduate and graduate medical education optimizes opportunities for continuity of patient care, mentoring and advising.
Penn State College of Medicine is a member of the national Consortium of Accelerated Medical Pathway Programs (CAMPP).