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Rocky Vista University Montana College of Osteopathic Medicine (RVU-MCOM) is Montana's first comprehensive four-year medical school, located on an expansive modern medical campus in Billings, Montana. Celebrated for osteopathic manipulative medicine, rural primary care physician training, military medicine, and medical simulation.
RVU-MCOM features a 138,000-square-foot medical education building equipped with 16 osteopathic clinical skill suites, an advanced anatomical dissection lab, high-fidelity patient simulation theaters, and extensive research facilities. Students complete third- and fourth-year clinical clerkships across rural hospitals and regional healthcare systems in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho.
Medical school admission is highly selective through AACOMAS. Applicants must complete an accredited bachelor's degree with prerequisite biology, chemistry, and physics laboratory courses, submit MCAT examination scores, and demonstrate clinical healthcare shadowing and rural medicine commitment.
COCA-accredited four-year medical degree curriculum integrating osteopathic principles, anatomical sciences, pathophysiological systems, and extensive rural hospital clinical rotations.
One-year intensive post-baccalaureate curriculum designed to prepare aspiring medical students with graduate-level medical gross anatomy, neuroanatomy, biochemistry, and pharmacology.
ARC-PA-accredited 28-month clinical curriculum preparing primary care PAs with specialized tracks in rural and frontier emergency medicine and wilderness healthcare.
Specialized honors immersion educating medical students in critical access hospital operations, wilderness trauma management, point-of-care ultrasound, and tribal health clinics in Montana.
Elite military medical training curriculum covering combat casualty care, disaster triage, battlefield hyperbaric medicine, and flight surgeon fundamentals.
Summer medical research fellowship investigating biomechanical fascial strain patterns, neuroinflammation in chronic pain disorders, and osteopathic manipulative treatments.
Vice President & Dean of MCOM
Montana College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Park is a board-certified family physician and osteopathic medical executive who has championed the establishment of medical residencies and rural healthcar...
View researcher profile ↗Professor & Associate Dean of Research
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Dr. Bowden is an immunologist researching mucosal immune responses, autoimmune disease pathophysiology, and osteopathic medical research pedagogy....
View researcher profile ↗Associate Professor of Osteopathic Principles and Practice
Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Dr. Rosenthal specializes in neuromusculoskeletal medicine, cranial osteopathy, and clinical trials examining osteopathic manual medicine efficacy in chronic pa...
View researcher profile ↗OpenField is an independent research platform not officially affiliated with Rocky Vista University Montana. Information reflects public documentation reviewed on 2026-10-16. Students must verify application deadlines, fee structures, and prerequisite details directly with official university admissions departments before applying.
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