Its innovative curriculum emphasizes the early introduction of clinical experience that focuses on primary care. Faculty members represent a full range of basic science and clinical specialty areas. With an emphasis on primary care, the curriculum is designed to graduate osteopathic physicians well prepared for the challenges of primary care or further specialty study. The mission of the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine is to prepare students to become primary care osteopathic physicians to serve the continuing need for primary care physicians in the State of Pennsylvania and surrounding areas. Special emphasis is given to osteopathic manipulative medicine and ambulatory primary care.
Special attention is given to community medicine, geriatrics, rural medicine, and minority medicine.
The Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine was established in 1975 by an act of the Ohio General Assembly to help relieve the state's growing shortage of family physicians and to train doctors to practice in medically underserved areas in Ohio. Our DOs receive training in all areas of medicine, with additional emphasis in osteopathic manipulation. The first two years of medical school concentrate on the basic sciences, the third and fourth year focus on clinical training. It is affiliated with Touro College, an accredited international institution,established in New York in 1970, and with branch campuses in Israel and the Russian Federation. The curriculum includes experiences that will enable the student to work along with other health care providers and agencies within the patientUs community.