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Unique Educational Experiences
One of Penn State College of
Medicine's establishing principles was the importance
of providing humanistic care to its patients. At its
founding in 1967, Penn State established the first
Department of Humanities at a college of medicine in
the United States, and incorporated humanities into
the formal medical school curriculum. Since that time,
the scope of our commitment to humanities has
broadened to become interwoven in all clinical,
educational, and service missions of the Medical
Center.
There are numerous opportunities for
patient contact and applied clinical learning for our
first year students. Among them is The Patient
Project, which is a humanities-based activity that
provides first year students the opportunity to study
and build a relationship with a chronically ill
patient in the patient's home environment. The ability
to view health care from the perspective of the
patient and family gives our students an important
starting point in learning to care for others.
An important aspect of medical education is student exposure to a wide variety of clinical situations in a progressive and highly structured environment. Clinical exposure and ward rotations serve these goals most of the time, but the experience is enhanced when coupled with a clinical learning laboratory where students can study and practice clinical situations and techniques without placing a patient’s well being at stake.
 Penn State College of Medicine has designed a state of the art,
internationally recognized facility to serve this purpose.
The Simulation Development and Cognitive Science
Laboratory utilizes a multidisciplinary and comprehensive approach to medical education with input from the Departments of Anesthesia, Surgery, and Nursing. It provides highly structured learning experiences for medical students, residents, nursing staff, faculty, and a wide variety of paramedical professionals and serves as an important medical educational resource to this region of the country.
Penn State College of Medicine is one of only a few
medical schools in the country that provides MD degree
candidates a research component to its curriculum on the
scale of our Medical Student Research Program
(MSR). The MSR gives each medical student an opportunity
to participate in mentored medical research, as well as
gain an understanding of the medical research process
and its application to clinical practice. More than 500
members of the faculty participate and assist students
in the program, providing a wide variety of areas of
study. In addition, 60% of projects are published in
scientific journals or presented at regional or national
scientific meetings.
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