Check out our galleries
Learn more about our degree programs and admission requirements
Find the information you need to conduct your research and academic studies
See KCUMB's beautiful campus
Faculty and student research | Learn more
Give by June 30 and include personal note to incoming students
Through the College of Osteopathic Medicine's integrated and clinical presentation-based curriculum, medical students develop decision-making skills using a patient-centered approach to medicine.
From the first day of your medical education, you will acquire hands-on clinical experience, preparing you earlier to become a more effective physician. Clinical presentation enhancements, such as human patient simulators and standardized patients, teach vital patient-physician communication skills. The curriculum focuses on the all-important patient relationship with an emphasis on osteopathic philosophy and principles.
KCUMB's College of Osteopathic Medicine and College of Biosciences jointly offer this innovative program in which select students can concurrently earn a doctor of osteopathic medicine and a master of arts in bioethics in four years.
KCUMB's bioethics program trains future osteopathic physicians to become leaders among their colleagues on hospital ethics committees and at academic medical centers, group practices and other professional venues. Completion of the bioethics program also enhances medical students' abilities to earn coveted scholarships, internships and residencies.
Curriculum
Advances in stem-cell research and genetic engineering, the globalization of medical practice and health-care policy, and the relationships between environmental quality and human health have raised critical ethical issues in medicine. It is crucial that doctors who are also trained in bioethics provide leadership in addressing these vital ethical challenges.
Graduates of the KCUMB dual-degree in bioethics will be prepared to provide this needed leadership. The degree program provides a broad orientation to the interdisciplinary field of bioethics, including an in-depth examination of philosophical and religious ethics. Students can complete both the doctor of osteopathic medicine and master of arts in bioethics at the end of four years.
KCUMB and Rockhurst University jointly offer an innovative program through which selected KCUMB medical students can earn dual degrees – a doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from KCUMB and a master of business administration in healthcare leadership from Rockhurst University.
In the new managed-care environment, physicians need to balance the quality of health care with considerations of cost. Through this program, our medical students become knowledgeable in the management languages of accounting, economics, finance, human resources, information technology, law, marketing and management.
Students will learn the sound business practices essential to providing quality, holistic care for patients and are exposed to the best management and leadership practices used by the industry today.
The M.B.A. portion of the degree has been tailored to accommodate KCUMB’s medical program and to allow students to graduate with their entering class.
If you are experiencing an issue with our website, such as a broken link or incorrect information, please submit the full URL of the page below along with a description of the issue. We also welcome all general feedback about the KCUMB website.
Would you like a member of the web team to follow up with you?