With PCOM's integrated curriculum approach, students benefit from hands on learning from the start. During the first and second years, classroom study of anatomy and physiology, for example, is paired with hands-on learning of physical examination principles and osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM). At the same time, students build strong interpersonal skills.

The third and fourth years provide students with a series of clerkships in a variety of settings, including PCOM's Healthcare Centers in medically underserved communities.

Training in osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) is incorporated into the education of all osteopathic physicians. This provides a better understanding of how an injury or illness in one part of the body can affect another. With OMM, DOs use their hands to diagnose injury and illness and to encourage the bodys natural tendency toward good health through manipulation of the musculoskeletal system.

PCOM graduates are competitive in the countrys best residency programs, both osteopathic and allopathic.