Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine South Georgia (PCOM South Georgia) is a rural campus of PCOM, located in Moultrie in the agricultural southwest Georgia region. Opened in 2019, the campus was established specifically to train physicians for South Georgia's medically underserved rural communities. Students train in a small-campus environment embedded in a rural agricultural community, with clinical placements at local hospitals, community health centers, and rural clinics throughout South Georgia.
What makes it different
Applications via AACOMAS. PCOM South Georgia is one of the most distinctly rural osteopathic medical school campuses in the US, providing an immersive rural medicine training experience that is difficult to replicate at urban or suburban DO schools. The small cohort size (~97 students) means peer relationships are close and faculty access is high. Graduates are expected to pursue primary care in underserved rural settings.
Course & teaching
Integrated curriculum. 4-year DO curriculum following PCOM's integrated model with OMM throughout. As a small rural campus, Years 1–2 are completed at the Moultrie facility; Years 3–4 rotations are at rural South Georgia hospitals, FQHCs, and community health sites. The small cohort size provides an intimate training environment with close faculty mentorship.
Research strengths
PCOM South Georgia (DO) has notable research strength in Rural health disparities, Agricultural community health, Osteopathic manipulative medicine, Primary care in underserved areas.
Interview
PCOM South Georgia (DO) interviews via Traditional faculty interview with a rural health focus. PCOM South Georgia conducts traditional faculty interviews at its Moultrie campus, typically consisting of one or two sessions with faculty and admissions staff lasting approximately 30–45 minutes. The interview day emphasizes the school's rural and underserved community health mission. Questions probe the applicant's genuine commitment to practicing in rural South Georgia, understanding of health disparities in agricultural communities, osteopathic philosophy, and readiness for a small-campus rural training environment. A sincere rural medicine commitment is the primary screening theme.
Intake
Approximately 97 students per year (small rural campus, grown beyond its inaugural cohort).
At a glance
Founded in 2019, based in Moultrie, GA. Programmes offered: Rural Medicine, Primary Care, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Family Medicine, Agricultural Community Health.
