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Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU) is a private, non-profit, graduate school for the health professions, with a main campus located on in downtown Pomona, California, and an additional medical school campus on 50 acres in Lebanon, Oregon. WesternU offers degrees in osteopathic medicine, dental medicine, optometry, podiatric medicine, nursing, physician assistant studies, physical therapy, pharmacy, biomedical sciences, and veterinary medicine. With an enrollment of 3,862 students (2014–15),〔 WesternU is one of the largest graduate schools for the health professions in California, offering 21 academic programs in nine colleges. The university also operates two patient care centers, and has a pet wellness center on its Pomona campus. The WesternU Pomona campus is also home to the The Center for Oral Health (a non-profit organization focusing on promoting oral health), the Southern California Museum of Medical History, and the Harris Family Center for Disability and Health Policy. Founded in 1977, the first program at WesternU was its medical school, the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP). Since that time, several additional programs have opened. When the College of Veterinary Medicine opened in 2003, it was the first veterinary school to open in the United States in 20 years. In 2007, WesternU became the first university in the nation to appoint a female as dean of a veterinary medical school. In 2009, three new colleges opened: dental medicine, optometry, and podiatric medicine. In 2011, the university opened an additional campus in Lebanon, Oregon known as the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific - Northwest (COMP-Northwest). All of the programs at WesternU have professional accreditation, and the university is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The medical school (COMP) is also accredited by the American Osteopathic Association's Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation. ==History== The school originally opened in 1977 as the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP), offering the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree (D.O.). COMP was the first osteopathic medical school in California to open after the California College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons became an M.D. granting school, eventually becoming the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. By 1977, COMP was the only osteopathic medical school west of the Rocky Mountains, and it remained the only one in California until 1997, when Touro University California opened in Vallejo. The inaugural class at COMP consisted of 36 students.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.westernu.edu/publicaffairs/fast-facts/ )〕 In 1986, the college began offering a second degree, the Master of Science in Health Professions Education. Four years later, the physician assistant program opened, which developed into a masters level program in 2000. In 1992, the physical therapy program opened. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges granted the school accreditation in March 1996, and later that same year, the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific was restructured into a university and given the name "Western University of Health Sciences."〔 The same year, the first classes in the College of Pharmacy began.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= Pharmacy Schools )〕 After difficulties with accreditation through the American Veterinary Medical Association's Council on Education, the College of Veterinary Medicine opened in 1998. It was the first veterinary medical school to open in the United States since 1983,〔 and at the time, no member on the Council on Education had ever been involved in accrediting a new veterinary medical school. Classes began in 2003, and the college earned full accreditation in 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.avma.org/ProfessionalDevelopment/Education/Accreditation/Colleges/Documents/colleges_accredited.pdf )〕 The college was the first veterinary medical school in the United States to appoint a female to the position of dean. In 2008, the university opened the Banfield Pet Hospital to the public. In 2014, WesternU assumed sole operation and management of the pet hospital. In 2009, three new colleges opened at WesternU: podiatric medicine, optometry, and dental medicine. The following year, in 2010, the Patient Care Center opened, offering medical, dental, optometric, podiatric and pharmacy services to the community. In 2011, Western University of Health Sciences opened a new medical school campus in Lebanon, Oregon called the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Northwest. The university plans to eventually open additional colleges at the Lebanon campus.〔 The Chronicle of Higher Education named WesternU as a great college to work for every year from 2012 through 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://chronicle.com/article/great-colleges/133333#id=big-table )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://chronicle.com/article/Great-Colleges-To-Work-For/140369/#id=big-table )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://chronicle.com/article/Great-Colleges-To-Work-For/147387/#id=big-table )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://chronicle.com/article/Great-Colleges-to-Work-For-in/231133/#id=big-table )〕 In 2014, U.S. News & World Report ranked WesternU 18th among all US medical schools for the percentage of COMP graduates going into primary care residents. The same year (2014), WesternU received the tenth most applications of any medical school in the United States. The university is the fourth-largest employer in Pomona, with more than 1,000 employees, and has greatly contributed to the economic development of downtown, bringing millions of dollars to the area.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Western University of Health Sciences」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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