Intro

I am a first year student in my second semester of medical school at the Lake Erie College of Medicine (LECOM) at Seton Hill. This is a new campus in Greensburg, PA of an already existing osteopathic college of medicine. There is one branch campus down in Florida that is apparently pretty good, but we are a "satellite campus" of the one in Erie, PA. Our curriculum is all Independent Learning (like correspondence courses) and Problem Based Learning (PBL), which is a form of small group learning.

For prospective students: it's been a long hard year for us, but hopefully it will be better for you. We have been disappointed in many ways with the school, with Corporate up in Erie, with our education, and with osteopathy and the profession. But still, we're happy to be in med school, and excited about becoming doctors. And, really, it's no worse than a Caribbean school. It's really inexpensive (since we have no labs, not many teachers, scant facilities, and old technology), the attrition rate is not bad (only lost five percent so far), and if you can teach yourself the material you'll do well on the boards. We are all pretty sure that it will be a lot better next year. Check back to see how things progress!

For current students: some of you probably disagree with what I write here. It's just one person's opinion and experience of medical school. I invite you to write your own!