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The Brown Medical School is Brown University's medical school. It has an enrollment of about 330 students. It is overseen by the Brown University Dean of Biological and Medical Sciences, Dr. Eli Adashi.
What makes the Brown Medical School unique is that the majority of its students enter through a program called the Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME). Prospective students apply to this eight-year program, considered one of the most selective programs of any university in the nation, before they begin their undergraduate education. Each year, approximately 60 students matriculate out of an applicant pool of about 1,700. The mission of PLME is to enable students to break free from the constraints of conventional premed education and pursue a challenging liberal arts education steeped in the humanitarian ideals of medicine. Students earn a Bachelor's degree in their concentration of choice after their fourth year, often completing majors in the humaniteis or social sciences, and automatically enter the medical school to pursue their M.D. degree. Every year a few students decide to leave PLME after their undergraduate years in order to attend another medical school or to pursue another career (e.g. public service, law, teaching, research, etc). PLME is focused on the enrichment and personal development of students and supports students as they develop their passions.
Recently, the Medical School, in an attempt to increase the diversity of its class, has begun to accept applications from highly qualified graduates of other colleges for the first time in almost twenty years.
53 students matriculated into the PLME undergraduate class of 2009 and medical school class of 2013.
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