Leadership Honors Track (DO)

The Leadership Honors Track is an elective honors track that prepares students for future careers as leaders in a variety of health care and related fields, including academic medicine, clinical enterprises, community engagement, and professional organizations. Students will participate in coursework outside of the DO program which includes in-person and online didactics, expert panel presentations, examination of literature, projects, and presentations. The track begins with a course in the spring semester of the 1^st year of the DO program and continues with one course each semester through the fall of the 4^th year. The track is available on both the Joplin and Kansas City campuses, with approximately 12 students from the Kansas City campus and 8 from the Joplin campus. Grading is pass/fail. Students who wish to participate in more than one dual-degree program and/or honors track require approval from the Executive Dean of the COM.

Program Eligibility

Students must apply to the Leadership Honors track via Workday.

To be and remain eligible in the track, students must be in good academic standing. A student will be administratively withdrawn from the honors track for any of the following reasons:

Course failure
Academic probation status
Not meeting professionalism/conduct standards
Students who place in the third or fourth quartile of the class after any calculation of overall percentage grade or fail a COMLEX or COMAT exam must meet with the course director to determine eligibility for continuation of the track.

Leadership Honors Track Curriculum

All courses in the Leadership Honors Track are required. No transfer credits may be applied towards completion of the track.

LEAD 100 - Leadership Principles Credit(s): 1
LEAD 200 - Academic Leadership Credit(s): 1
LEAD 201 - Health Care Leadership Credit(s): 1
LEAD 300 - Community and Organizational Leadership Credit(s): 1
LEAD 301 - Special Topics in Leadership Credit(s): 1
LEAD 400 - Leadership Capstone Credit(s): 1