A new medical school that will open in downtown Wichita this summer has received around 1,500 applications for its first class. The Kansas Health Science Center – Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine will have 85 students in its first class, which begins work in August. Construction on the school is almost complete in the former State Office Building complex at 217 East Douglas. KHSC president Tiffany Masson and Associate Dean Richard Winslow talked to reporters Thursday during Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple’s weekly media briefing. Masson said Kansas-based students will have the opportunity to do clinical rotation in Kansas and they will have residence opportunities in the state. She said that would create a 60 to 70 percent chance of retaining medical talent in Kansas. The school has 37 faculty members and over 60 employees, and it expects to have around 99 full-time and part-time employees by the time classes begin.
Source: Country 101.3 KFDI
