College of Medicine Education
Explore the Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at Central Michigan University M.D. and residency programs, which are dedicated to improving access to quality health care in underserved communities.
M.D. program
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.
Residency programs
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.
Medical simulation
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.
Continuing medical education
Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at Central Michigan University 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.
Education highlights
Comprehensive Community Clerkship
The CCC is a clinical program that immerses students in a single medical practice to experience health care within a community.
Research
Research is an important mission of the Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at Central Michigan University. As a newly developing medical school, our research programs are still evolving, but encompass basic, translational, clinical and public health service areas of research.