KU School of Medicine-Wichita

About

We rank No. 6 in the nation for producing primary care physicians. A healthy Kansas starts here.

Story

We educate doctors for Kansas on our centrally located campus. While the majority of medical schools are tied to a hospital, the Wichita school is unique in that it’s community-based with a reputation for providing medical students with incredible hands-on learning opportunities thanks to more than 1,100 paid and volunteer faculty inside three partner hospitals (Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center, Via Christi Health, and Wesley Medical Center) as well as in doctors’ offices across the state. Wichita medical school graduates stay in Wichita as well as go all over the country for their residency training in specialties such as neurology, vascular surgery, family medicine, oncology, and emergency medicine.

Research on the Wichita campus focuses on improving the health of Kansans through clinical trials and improved care, often in collaboration with other health care professionals.

Mission

We educate tomorrow's physicians and health care leaders through community partnership to improve the health of Kansans.

In addition to educating doctors and other health care professionals for Kansas, the KU School of Medicine-Wichita benefits the community and state by:
• Bringing clinical trials to residents
• Impacting the economy by $49.7 million annually and $80 million by 2015 as the campus expands, according to 2009 studies
• Providing care to those in need

In addition to a Master of Public Health program, the Wichita campus also offers traning for resident physicians through the Wichita Center for Graduate Medical Education.