The Mercer University School of Medicine's (MUSM) curriculum has been organized to support the mission of training physicians to meet the health care needs of rural and other areas of Georgia. The curriculum insures a superior medical education by developing students' abilities to apply basic medical science to patients' problems.
MUSM has utilized a small group, student centered, problem-based learning approach to educate students in the basic science disciplines since its opening in 1982. During the first two years, students learn through a problem-based method in which they not only study the basic sciences requisite to medical practice, but also develop independent, lifelong learning skills. From the outset, students begin to organize their knowledge in the manner of the physician.
