College of Medicine Education

Our  MD Program trains new physicians with a focus on improving access to high quality health care in rural and medically underserved areas in Michigan. Our students benefit from an innovative, holistic approach to learning, where traditional coursework is enriched by hands-on training through simulation labs, clinical rotations and community-based assignments.

Our residency programs are committed to serving the underserved and addressing Michigan’s public health concerns. With the Saginaw-area's large and varied patient population, as well as our partnerships with the primary referral hospitals for patients from mid- and northeastern Michigan, the breadth of patient experience here is unmatched.

The Institute for Medical Simulation maintains facilities in Mount Pleasant and Saginaw, Michigan. The Institute is accredited, staffed by experts, and offers the most advanced technology including virtual reality simulation, high-fidelity manikins, clinical skills training, robotic surgery training, standardized patient, and highly specialized scenarios. Our nationally recognized staff and state-of-the-art facilities support medical education and training for medical and health professions students, resident doctors, area physicians and nurses, and emergency medical services professionals.

CMU College of Medicine is an accredited provider of continuing medical education for physicians, nurses, and members of the interprofessional health care team. Here they benefit from education and training on evidence-based medical knowledge, patient care and procedural skills, practice-based learning and improvement, inter-personal and communication skills, professionalism, systems-based practice, and values and ethics. CME plays an important role to improve clinician knowledge, competence, professional performance and ultimately patient care and health outcomes for all populations. The College delivers education that is relevant to clinicians' needs, evidence-based, evaluated for its effectiveness and independent of commercial influence.