<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.rvu.edu </Td> </Tr> <P> Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine (RVUCOM) is a private, for - profit osteopathic medical school with campus locations in Parker, Colorado and Ivins, Utah . The school opened in 2006 as the only modern for - profit medical school in the United States but has since been joined by California Northstate University College of Medicine . RVUCOM grants the degree of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, and admitted its inaugural class of medical students at the Parker, Colorado campus in August 2008 . </P> <P> Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine opened in 2006, and the first class was admitted in 2008 . In 2017, a second campus was opened in Ivins, Utah, admitting its first class of osteopathic medical students in the fall of 2017 . The college is fully accredited by the American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation, and regionally by the Higher Learning Commission . The school graduated its inaugural class on May 19, 2012 . </P> <P> RVUCOM offers the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree, which follows a systems - based, 4 - year (8 - semester) curriculum . Years 1 and 2 of the program consist primarily of classroom - based learning, focusing on the basic health sciences, while years 3 and 4 consist of clinical clerkships (Rotations) in major medical specialties . Rotation sites include hospitals and clinics in the Denver area, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Pueblo, Boulder, and others . As an enhancement to the general medical education, students of the college are offered the opportunity to enroll in one of four "Honors Tracks ." Each track has a distinct emphasis on either Rural, Global, or Military Medical Practice, or on Medical Research / Academia . </P>

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