This society was founded in 1922. Epsilon Chapter at Ohio State was established in 1932. The Colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Optometry, and Pharmacy, and the School of Allied Medical Professions are all within a few blocks. The hospital facilities of the University Hospitals complex and the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute provide the setting for much of the clinical work in the program. In addition, students are placed in many other health agencies in the Columbus area, including other acute care facilities, Columbus Children's Hospital, public and private schools, convalescent centers, senior citizen centers, public health nursing agencies, and industrial settings.
Students are responsible for securing their own transportation to off-campus clinical sites.
Columbus campus students may also search a number of CD Rom-based reference indexes from either a microcomputer in a campus library or remotely via the campus information system. The Health Sciences Library uses modern computerized techniques available to help in obtaining medical and research materials quickly and efficiently. Computerized index and literature searching services are available to the faculty and students. The Health Sciences Library building contains approximately 236,000 books and bound journals covering the health sciences and has subscriptions to approximately 2,400 journals.