Benchmark Institutions

Benchmark institutions serve as a standard to which the colleges in our institution may be compared.

College of Medicine

The benchmark institutions for our College of Medicine are community-based medical schools:

• Eastern Virginia Medical School
• East Tennessee State University
• Florida State University
• Marshall University
• Michigan State University
• Rosalind Franklin University
• Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
• Texas A&M
• The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
• University of Kansas – Wichita
• University of Minnesota
• University of Missouri – Kansas City
• University of Nevada – Reno
• University of North Dakota
• University of South Carolina
• University of South Dakota
• Wright State University

Relation to Parent University

Below is a list of terms that describe the various ways in which medical schools affiliate themselves with parent institutions. Relationship of the medical school to the parent university classified as:

• Related/proximate: the medical school is part of a public or private university and is located in the same city as the parent university;
• Related/distant: the medical school is part of a public or private university, but is not located in the same city as the parent university (this category includes urban/suburban relationships);
• Freestanding: the medical school is part of a freestanding entity which does not have any affiliation with a parent university; both public and private freestanding medical schools exist;
• Freestanding/state system: the medical school is a freestanding entity, however, it is affiliated with a state system of higher education;
• Federal government freestanding: a public medical school sponsored by the federal government; the Uniformed University of the Health Sciences is the only school that fits this category.

Community-Based School

Community-based schools follow a nontraditional model in their relationship to affiliated hospitals and local physicians. They rely on community hospitals for clinical facilities, and they appoint many community physicians to their faculties.

Definitions taken from the American Association of Medical Colleges

College of Pharmacy

The following list contains the benchmark institutions for our College of Pharmacy:

• East Tennessee State University
• Ferris State College
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
• Virginia Commonwealth University
• Rosalind Franklin University
• South Carolina College of Pharmacy
• Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
• University of Arkansas
• University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy
• University of Missouri – Kansas City
• University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy