The Behavioral Medicine Honors Track provides students with foundational educational experiences in a broad range of behavioral medicine applications that are relevant to all specialties as well as focused applications for primary care, addiction medicine, and psychiatry.
Students will benefit from coursework outside of the DO program which includes in-person and online didactics, expert guest speakers, development of foundational clinical skills, and student presentations of focused literature reviews and case histories.
The track begins with a course in the spring semester of the 1st year of the DO program and continues with one course each semester through the fall of the 4th year. The track is available on both the Joplin and Kansas City campuses, with approximately 10 students from the Kansas City campus and 6 from the Joplin campus. Selection of students is through an application. 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 by the Friday before Thanksgiving during the first year of enrollment via Workday.
To be and remain eligible in the track, students must be in good academic standing. A student may be withdrawn from the honors track in the event of any course failure, placement on academic probation, or does not maintain the standards of professional conduct. 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. Students who take a leave of absence from the COM may resume track activities upon return at the discretion of the Campus Dean.
Curriculum
All courses in the Behavioral Medicine Honors Track are required. No transfer credits may be applied towards completion of the track.