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{{Short description|American medical school}}
{{Infobox university
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| mottoeng = Achieving New Heights in Medical Education
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| type = [[Private university|Private]] [[For-profit higher education in the United States|for-profit]] [[Osteopathic medicine in the United States|osteopathic]] [[medical school]]
| affiliation = [[St. George's University]]
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| founder = [[Yife Tien]]<ref name=trustees>{{cite web|title=Meet Our Trustees|url=http://www.rvu.edu/about/trustees/|publisher=RVUCOM|access-date=21 April 2016}}</ref>
| parent = Medforth Global Healthcare Education
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| city = [[Englewood, Colorado]]; [[Ivins, Utah]]; and [[Billings, Montana]]
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'''Rocky Vista University''' ('''RVU''') is a [[Private university|private]], [[For-profit higher education in the United States|for-profit]] [[Medical school in the United States|medical school]] with campus locations in [[Englewood, Colorado|Englewood]], [[Colorado]], [[Ivins, Utah|Ivins]], [[Utah]], and [[Billings, Montana]]. The school opened in 2006 as the only modern for-profit medical school in the United States although other for-profit schools have since opened. RVU's College of Osteopathic Medicine (RVUCOM) grants the [[Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine]] degree and admitted its inaugural class of medical students at the Parker, Colorado campus in August 2008.

== History ==
Rocky Vista University opened in 2006, and the first class was admitted in 2008. The school graduated its inaugural class on May 19, 2012. In 2017, a second campus was opened in [[Ivins, Utah]], admitting its first class of osteopathic medical students in the fall of 2017. In September 2018, the first class of physician assistant students began coursework.

The college is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[American Osteopathic Association]] [[Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation]] and the [[Higher Learning Commission]].<ref name=accreditations>{{cite web|title=Accreditations|url=http://www.rvu.edu/about/accreditations|publisher=RVUCOM|access-date=21 April 2016}}</ref><ref name=COCA>{{cite web|title=Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine|url=http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/about/affiliates/pages/osteopathic-medical-schools.aspx|publisher=AOA|access-date=24 December 2011}}</ref>

In 2023, Rocky Vista University opened a new medical school, the [[Montana College of Osteopathic Medicine]], in Billings, Montana.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nelson|first=Amy Lynn|date=13 July 2023|title=Photo: Montana's first medical college officially opens|url=https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/photo-montanas-first-medical-college-officially-opens/article_1fd32660-21e3-11ee-a7c0-ab4dcd43b6ac.html|website=Billings Gazette|access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>

==Academics==

===Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)===
[[File:Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine.JPG|thumbnail|right|The college in 2015]]

RVU offers a [[Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine|Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)]] degree at the Colorado, Utah, and Montana campuses. Years 1 and 2 of the program consist primarily of classroom-based learning, focusing on the basic health sciences. Years 3 and 4 of the curriculum consist of [[clinical clerkships]] (rotations) in major medical specialties. Clerkship sites for RVUCOM students include various hospitals and clinics in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Arizona and South Dakota.

=== Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP) ===
The Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP) program will be offered at the Colorado Campus.

===Master's degrees===
A [[Physician Assistant|Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS)]] program is offered at the Colorado campus. The MPAS curriculum is adapted from a competency-based model. A Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences (MSBS) program is offered at the Colorado and Utah campuses. And a Master of Medical Sciences (MMS) program is offered at the Montana campus.

==For-profit status==
RVU is the first modern day, [[For-profit education|for-profit]] medical school operating in the United States. As such, its opening generated controversy. Critics raise concerns that a for-profit school will be beholden to investors, and lack credibility. Supporters say that the school is held to the same academic and accreditation standards as other medical schools.<ref name=news>{{cite web|last=Croasdale|first=Myrle|title=First for-profit med school nears approval|url=http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2007/10/01/prsc1001.htm|publisher=amed news|access-date=24 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=forbes>{{cite news|last=Whelan|first=David|title=An Uncommon Practice|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0929/060.html|work=Forbes|access-date=24 December 2011|date=29 September 2008}}</ref>

Rocky Vista LLC was founded by Yife Tien and his wife Lucy Chua Tien in 2006 and governed by a board of trustees.<ref name=trustees /> Castle Pines Holdings LLC was established as a [[holding company]] to control the Tiens' interest in Rocky Vista LLC and provide stability in the event of Tien's death or incapacity.<ref name=llc>{{cite web|title=Castle Pines Holding|url=http://www.rockyvistauniversity.org/PDFs/RockyVistaUniversityHoldingCo.pdf|publisher=Rocky Vista|access-date=24 December 2011}}</ref> In 2019, the ownership of Rocky Vista University was transferred to Medforth Global Healthcare Education, the owner-operator of [[St. George's University]] in [[Grenada]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://medforthgroup.com/educational-institutions/|title=Educational Institutions|last=dbriggs|date=2018-12-02|website=MEDFORTH / Global Healthcare Education|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=dbriggs |date=2018-12-02 |title=Educational Institutions |url=http://medforthgroup.com/educational-institutions/ |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=MEDFORTH / Global Healthcare Education |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Graduate medical education==
[[Parkview Medical Center]] in [[Pueblo, Colorado]], has been awarded a five-year $770,000 federal grant from the [[U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration]] (HRSA) to train [[primary care]] internal medicine residents. Parkview has developed a new osteopathic [[internal medicine]] residency program which matriculated its first trainees in July 2012. The grant was a joint effort of Parkview Medical Center and Rocky Vista University along with the Center for Medical Education Excellence (formerly known as Rocky Mountain OPTI).<ref name="RVUCOM Newsletter">{{cite news|last=RVUCOM|title=Vista View Newsletter|url=http://www.rockyvistauniversity.org/PDFs/Vista%20View%20OCT_2011_Vol-4_No-1.pdf|access-date=16 October 2011}}</ref> RVUCOM and the Center for Medical Education Excellence are currently working to establish additional residency programs in Colorado and Wyoming.<ref name=Vistaview2012Aug>Rocky Vista University. [http://issuu.com/rvucom/docs/vista-view_vol5.1_2012/1 Vista View Newsletter]. (August 2012) Vol.5, No.1. Retrieved 22 September 2012.</ref>

HealthONE/Sky Ridge Medical Center in [[Lone Tree, Colorado]] is also a participant in the Center for Medical Education Excellence, and is the site of an internal medicine residency program which collaborates with RVU.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sky Ridge IM|url=http://www.skyridgeim.com/|access-date=26 November 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Rocky Vista Health Center.jpg|thumb|right|The Rocky Vista Health Center (RVHC) main entrance in 2017]]

==Rocky Vista Health Center==

RVU owns and operates the health clinic, Rocky Vista Health Center (RVHC), located on the [[Parker, Colorado|Parker]], [[Colorado]] campus. The clinic is a [[primary care]] medical facility which provides continued health care and health maintenance for its patients. In addition to primary care, the clinic provides services in [[internal medicine]], [[sports medicine]], and [[Osteopathic manipulative medicine|osteopathic manipulation]]. The clinic employs board certified [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]] and [[Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine|D.O.]] physicians as well as [[Residency (medicine)|resident physicians]].

Advanced medical students of the college are periodically selected to work in the health clinic as Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) Fellows. Under the supervision of board-certified physicians, these students provide osteopathic manipulation to patients at discounted rates. The clinic accepts [[Medicaid]] and [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] patients to help the underserved in the Denver and Parker area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rocky Vista Health Center|url=http://www.rockyvistahc.com/insurance-accepted/|website=Rocky Vista Health Center - Insurance Accepted|publisher=Rocky Vista Health Center|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of medical schools in the United States]]
* [[Osteopathic medicine in the United States]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|https://www.rvu.edu/}}

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Rocky Vista University - Revision history

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