Offices & Programs

The University of Missouri School of Medicine has educated outstanding physicians and scientists for more than 170 years. Today, more than 8,200 MU medical school graduates are improving health throughout the world.

The Lester R. Bryant Scholars Pre-Admissions Program encourages young people from rural backgrounds to pursue a medical education. 

The mission of the Office of Continuing Medical Education and Physician Lifelong Learning (CME/PLL) is to educate physicians and other health care providers to provide effective patient-centered care for the people of Missouri and beyond. 

The University of Missouri Coulter Biomedical Accelerator (MU Coulter Accelerator Program) began in 2012 as a 5-year, $5 million partnership between MU and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation. In 2016, MU committed $4 million to continue funding the program through 2022. 

Graduate medical education is one of the central missions of the MU School of Medicine, and we offer training in virtually all fields of medicine. Learn about our residency and fellowship programs.

The University of Missouri School of Medicine makes need-based financial assistance for its students a priority. In academic year 2016-2017, nearly 93 percent of our students received more than $18 million in loans and scholarship funding from school, federal and private sources.

First Impact is a 90-minute evidence-based traffic safety program that educates parents about Missouri’s GDL law. The goal of First Impact is to reduce new driver crashes, resulting injuries and fatalities, by increasing parental awareness and enforcement of Missouri’s Graduated Driver License law. 

Anyone of sound mind and over the age of 18 years may enroll to donate his or her body to the program, which advances medical science.

Graduate medical education is one of the central missions of the MU School of Medicine, and we offer training in virtually all fields of medicine. Graduate medical education (GME) focuses on the development of clinical skills and professional competencies and on the acquisition of detailed factual knowledge in a medical specialty.

The Heyssel Senior Teacher Educator Partnership (STEP) Program at the MU School of Medicine matches first-year medical students with seniors in the community. Throughout a yearlong partnership, the students and seniors meet monthly to engage in a variety of activities. These interactions, and the knowledge they provide, will allow students to become better physicians in the future.