Does all the didactic coursework happen in Year 1 only?
— Didactic coursework is incorporated into both Years 1 and 2. In Year 2, students are attending their chosen Community Campus and participating in didactic coursework through small group work and various distance education technologies. They also have the opportunity to see how their basic science knowledge and the Clinical Presentations apply in the clinical setting, thereby reinforcing the material, making it both relevant and applicable. Year two sounds like it emphasizes “distance education”. What kind of faculty support is in place to help students navigate through the year two curriculum? — Community Campuses are staffed by SOMA faculty, who are also practicing clinicians. Your Community Campus learning facilitators play a central role in guiding you through your second year didactic information. In addition, you have the full support of the SOMA faculty in Mesa and the assistance of ATSU Student Services. It seems so different that traditional “Physiology”, “Microbiology”, or
