(06-26-2017 12:54 PM)MoodyBlueRaider Wrote:  

(06-24-2017 02:05 PM)mufanatehc Wrote:  

(06-23-2017 10:43 AM)MT FAN Wrote:  Hopefully leads to a medical school down the road. The midstate needs a public option.

There is a UTHSC campus in Nashville already. And Memphis and Knoxville are only short drives away

A check of the UTHSC website suggest the only programs that the Orange Med School have in Nashville are their residency programs at St. Thomas and an affiliation in pharmacy. I don't believe UT medical or dental students are in the mid-state prior to graduation. Regarding Memphis and Knoxville being a "short drive away":lmfao: When's the last time you made that 3+ (or 4) hour commute? I don't want to go all Chamber of Commerce on you; but nobody picks Memphis or Knoxville over Nashville, if they have a choice.

The point of my post was that if the state decided that Nashville needed a full scale public med school to go along with the two other med schools already in the city, they'd likely just expand UTHSC vs starting something from scratch under the MTSU banner.

Also, believe it or not, there are people who prefer Memphis and Knoxville to Nashville. And for the med student taking on tens of thousands in debt, the lower cost of living is very attractive.