What would be the implications if UNTHSC is unable to find enough clinical opportunities for its medical students?
A. There would be significant impacts on class size, which would in turn reduce our funding and compromise faculty and staff positions. We receive from tuition and other support approximately $6 million for every 25 students in each class (100 students total over the four year program). For the past two years, we were able to increase our class size to 175 students from 135, and we have been approved to increase our class size to 250. However, we will lose at least one key clinical site next year due to medical school growth at another institution. This will impact our ability to maintain our current class size. If that trend continues and we are unable to retain current and identify additional quality clinical opportunities for our students, we may have to reduce our class size to 150 or lower. That would reduce our funding, putting at least 120 faculty and staff positions at risk. Conversely, if we are able to increase clinical opportunities and grow our class size, our funding would
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