Topics: Family Medicine Accelerated Program (3+3)

A woman smiles for a photograph while holding a sign that says "I Matched" describing her upcoming medical residency program

It’s a match: Looking forward to growing with patients

Mar 25, 2025

College of Medicine students learn their futures on Match Day.

A head and shoulders shot of Dr. Shou Ling Leong is imposed over an exterior shot of the Penn State College of Medicine building.

Leong receives prestigious national award from American Academy of Family Physicians

Aug 10, 2022

Dr. Shou Ling Leong received a prestigious national award from the American Academy of Family Physicians for career contributions to family medicine education.

A group of medical students stand behind a table with the Dean of the College of Medicine and another woman seated at a table in front of them. Everyone is outdoors and wearing masks.

Three-year MD program grads have less debt, are ready for residency

Oct 25, 2021

A study by College of Medicine researchers found that accelerated medical degree (MD) program graduates may be just as prepared for residency as their peers who graduated from traditional programs.

A group of medical students stand behind a table with the Dean of the College of Medicine and another woman seated at a table in front of them. Everyone is outdoors and wearing masks.

Students on pathway to graduate medical school in three years celebrate at signing ceremony

Oct 11, 2021

Students participated in a signing ceremony on Sept. 29 for the Penn State College of Medicine MD Accelerated Pathways program. They will graduate in three instead of four years.

Arshjot Khokhar, a fourth-year medical student at Penn State College of Medicine, stands with his parents holding a sign saying that he matched into internal medicine residency at Yale New Haven Hospital.

The masked match: finding a future in medicine in the midst of a pandemic

Mar 22, 2021

Fourth-year medical student Nate Tolman remembers when the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic first set in. He was spending time with his fiancée, Brenda Iglesias, in Los Angeles in early […]

Students in the accelerated (3+) MD pathways at Penn State College of Medicine are pictured in 2019 seated in the lobby of the college on modern-looking chairs. An oblong coffee table is in front of the students. Pictured are, from left, Seth Martin, FM-APPS; Frank Striale, FM-APPS; Dennis Madden, NS-APPS; Elizabeth Zimmerman, IM-APPS; Shannon Brumbaugh, FM-APPS; Alexander Lee, EM-APPS; and Abdel Mohamed, FM-APPS.

Penn State College of Medicine accelerated programs are time-saving, cost-reducing

Mar 9, 2020

In 2019, the Association of American Medical Colleges highlighted the growth of accelerated medical student pathways that allow students to complete their MD in three years. Penn State College of Medicine offers several such programs.

A statue depicting the mascot of Penn State University, the Nittany Lion, surrounded by bushes.

Department of Family and Community Medicine welcomes Zgierska as vice chair for research

Jan 30, 2020

The Department of Family and Community Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pa., welcomes Aleksandra Zgierska, MD, PHD, DFASAM, as its new vice chair for research.

A row of graduates in traditional caps and gowns read from folders full of papers.

Today’s graduates, tomorrow’s problem-solvers in health care

May 20, 2019

The College of Medicine presented degrees to 140 medical students, 86 graduate students and 27 physician assistants at its 49th annual commencement ceremony at Hershey Lodge May 18.

Dr. Peter Zaki, Dr. Shou Ling Leong and Dr. Sarah Stovar stand in a row in commencement caps and gowns.

Patient-centric clerkship guides future physicians at Penn State College of Medicine

May 20, 2019

The Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship teaches Penn State College of Medicine students to be more empathetic physicians by working with the same patients for one year and developing strong connections.

A woman in the foreground faces away from the camera, gesturing with her hands. She speaks to a crowd of people, seated in several tiered rows in a classroom.

College of Medicine welcomes Class of 2022

Jul 17, 2018

Penn State College of Medicine welcomed 152 new medical students from both its Hershey and University Park campuses with orientation from July 10 through 13.

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