The Admissions Committee, upon review of the regular applicant pool, makes recommendations for admission into this program. Beyond grades and test scores, the MCO School of Medicine is interested primarily in those applicants who are Ohio residents, who are highly motivated toward medicine, who have shown high academic achievement and capability, and who have demonstrated personality and character traits important to their future growth as physicians. Technical Standards for Admission Students matriculating in and graduating from the Medical College of Ohio School of Medicine must be able to meet the physical and emotional requirements of the academic program as set forth below. The candidate must be able to observe demonstrations and experiments in the basic sciences including, but not limited to, physiologic and pharmacologic demonstrations in animals, microbiologic cultures, and microscopic studies of microorganisms and tissues in normal and pathologic states. A candidate must be able to observe a patient accurately at a distance and close at hand.
Observation necessitates the functional use of the senses of vision and somatic sensation.
It is enhanced by the functional use of the sense of smell. A candidate must be able to communicate effectively and sensitively with patients. Communication includes not only speech but reading and writing. The candidate must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in oral and written form with all members of the health care team. Motor Skills Candidates should have sufficient motor function to elicit information from patients by palpation, auscultation, percussion and other diagnostic maneuvers.