Become a protective and nurturing professional for your community with a Doctor of Medical Science (DMS) degree from Lincoln Memorial University! Our goal is to improve and positively impact healthcare systems in regions and communities in need by preparing you and other highly qualified Physician Assistants (PA) with a fresh new set of advanced-level knowledge and medical skills.
Within the DMS degree, we offer two majors: clinical medicine and medical education. The clinical medicine major offers doctoral-level medical training to our PAs. Our medical education major, offer PAs a high-level educational expertise needed to design and deliver quality education to future clinicians.
Review our list of requirements to ensure your eligibility for the DMS program at LMU! To qualify, you must meet the following criteria:
The program reserves the right to deny admission based on public professionalism issues.
If you are interested in applying for the general medicine cognate, you must have earned a master's degree in physician assistant studies or equivalent from an ARC-PA accredited program within 9 months of matriculation into the DMS program.
Review the following outlines for further instruction on applying for admission to the DMS program at LMU:
The admissions process at LMU operates on a rolling acceptance policy; thus, it is in your best interest to apply as early as possible.
Not only can being a medical professional be rewarding by means of helping so many people in need, but it comes with an earned level of financial stability. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual income for a worker possessing a DMS degree in 2017 was roughly $82,090 with the top 10% earning as much as $160,520!
Want to learn more about the Doctor of Medical Science degree at Lincoln Memorial University? Reach out to us at dmsadmissions@orkexpo.net at any time and we will get back to you as soon as we can!
