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Education

Dr. Dobyns works with a medical resident

Students at the Carver College of Medicine are educated in an atmosphere of scholarship, humanism, and mutual respect, as well as fostering the ability to manage the changing scientific and technological information so necessary in today's world.

More than 850 full-time faculty teach more than 580 medical students and more than 200 associated medical sciences students. Faculty also teach basic science classes to more than 5,000 undergraduate students from other UI colleges. In addition, more than 1,500 residents, fellows, and graduate students are trained in a range of specialties and sub-specialties. The Carver College of Medicine is the only LCME-accredited allopathic medical school in the state of Iowa.