Access to the Internet has therefore become a high priority for hospital-based educational programs. Application to residency programs is becoming electronically based. With most programs receiving hundreds of applications annually, the ability to rapidly download information and distribute that information among the faculty is key to a successful recruitment process. Residency programs are required to offer a didactic curriculum to their students. Until recently, most of the material was only available through lectures supplemented with slides and handouts.
Departments are now in the process of digitizing their curricula.
The SOM encourages and supports these developments through their Network Services department. This department consists of three full-time employees and three student workers. The SOM cosponsors, with the College of Science and Mathematics, the Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program. The program faculty represents the basic science departments within the SOM and the natural and physical science departments within the college. Instrumentation-based technology is a significant component of this training.