Medical Education

CONGRATULATIONS

You've made it this far. After years of classroom and life preparation, day-long standardized tests, and countless TV episodes of actors in scrubs, it's now YOUR time. Time to take your place between the storied traditions and the exciting new frontiers of medicine.

Your road here may have been driven by a desire to help others improve their lives. Or maybe you revel in the challenge of finding answers to complex problems. Perhaps it was an epidemiology course, a first career, or an experience with a physician that sparked your passion. Whatever your path, those who aspire to be doctors are connected by one common dream: to pursue a love for medicine.

Since 1914, The Ohio State University College of Medicine has helped medical students DISCOVER the fascination of medicine and research, ACHIEVE academic and professional success, and LEAD tomorrow's quest for advancing the quality of life across the globe. Ohio State's reputation for curricular innovation, world-renowned faculty, pioneering research and patient care is well established. But the key question is what medical school is the best fit for you, for your learning style, for your aspirations? We invite you to explore what makes Ohio State a special place for your medical education.

BOUNDLESS OPPORTUNITIES

As part of one of the most comprehensive health science campuses in the nation, Ohio State offers medical students great opportunity and flexibility.

Students train alongside research faculty who are unlocking the promise of the human genome to attack diseases like cancer and Parkinson's. They don't just read about tomorrow's technologies, they employ them every day in their training. Ohio State students see the spectrum of pathology -- the common and the rare -- in rural family practice clinics and robotic surgical suites. They expand their education to the global classroom by immersing themselves in international health programs.

A major referral center for the Midwest, Ohio State's hospitals, cancer center, and research institutes form a robust learning laboratory. Two ambitious projects were launched in 2004 - a hospital dedicated entirely to heart care and the Clinical Skills Education & Assessment Center, a state-of-the-art training facility that simulates actual patient care and gives medical students hands-on patient interaction experience in a safe and controlled environment.

The Biomedical Research Tower is the single largest facility ever built for research at Ohio State and will present exciting research opportunities for medical students. It is within this dynamic environment that you will acquire the knowledge, skill, confidence and compassion that will serve as your foundation in medicine.

Passionate educators, our faculty will help you become a creative, critical thinker who will not only excel individually, but thrive within the team structure of health care. You will be challenged - and supported - every step of the way. In fact, the Ohio State educational experience fosters camaraderie and cooperation between students, as well as faculty. This esprit de corps cultivates your success in medical school and will be an essential ingredient to your growth as a physician, researcher or educator later on.

And when you step up to receive your MD degree at graduation, your family will grow by more than 12,000, as Ohio State boasts one of the largest medical alumni networks in the world. Nice to know you'll have supporters wherever you go -- be it Columbus, California or Kenya.