Clinical Training
Curriculum > Clinical Training
Ohio State has a strong reputation for rigorous clinical training programs and breadth of educational settings. In your first year, you might choose to do your Community Project at a retirement community, free clinic or homeless shelter. Or maybe with the Alzheimer's Association, the OSU High Risk Perinatal Teen Program, or the Columbus Health Department.
Your Ambulatory Clinical Clerkship may show you how
family medicine is practiced in rural Southeastern Ohio,
or how an internal medicine specialist coordinates care
among the growing Latino and Somali populations of Columbus.
During your clinical rotations, you'll train with world-renowned
specialists and researchers in areas like cancer genetics,
robotic surgery and neo-natology.
A common thread through all of your experiences will be the physician educators – in Columbus and around Ohio – who mentor, support and prepare you. In order to evaluate and confirm your clinical progress, Ohio State has developed a state-of-the-art Clinical Skills facility that will be used year-round by students and medical residents. This "clinical skills assessment" measures your ability to gather information, perform physical examinations, and effectively communicate with patients.
Upon graduation, you will join an impressive group of Ohio State alumni spanning 32 countries and ranging from the current CEO of the American Medical Association to a surgeon doing missionary medicine in Papua New Guinea.
And should you choose to pursue your residency training at Ohio State, the educational excellence and innovation continues. Graduates from the top medical schools in the country come to Ohio State to further their specialized education in one of 60 residency programs.