TULSA, Oklahoma -

Oklahoma State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine has been ranked among the Top 80 medical schools in the nation for primary care training.

U.S. News & World Report recently ranked the Tulsa school.

"OSU Center for Health Sciences' mission is to train the next generation of primary care physicians to serve the citizens of our state," said Dr. Kayse Shrum, OSU Center for Health Sciences president and dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine.

"Our students really embrace that mission and devotion to patient care through medical school and carry it forward with their careers by choosing specialties in primary care."

The rankings are based on medical college admission test scores, grades, acceptance rate, student-to-faculty ratio and proportion of graduates who enter primary care specialties, among other factors.

The college says nearly 54 percent of its alumni are practicing in a primary care field.

"Increasing the number of primary care physicians in Oklahoma is of critical importance as we address the challenges associated with the physician shortage in our state," said Shrum.

"With an aging physician population, we know it is essential to recruit new physicians who want to stay in Oklahoma and practice in primary care areas."

The most popular residency training programs for graduates include family practice, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology and pediatric

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