Students integrate basic science information with clinical medicine early in the curriculum.
They also learn clinical medicine concepts such as introduction to patient care, physical assessment, ethics in medicine, doctor-patient relationships, preventive health, biostatistics and epidemiology. Through the School of Medicine s extensive computing resources, students have access to educational software holdings that allow them to prepare for exams through question and answer programs or to develop diagnostic skills with simulated patients. Access to much of the software and resources is available from home via modem. Upon passing the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination, Step 1, students enter Year III in which they learn clinical medicine in hospitals and clinics of rural communities and more urban settings. Self-directed learning continues throughout their clinical training at Marshall as they are exposed to primary care and other disciplines of medicine.